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It's not your corpse. It's a corpse, you've left it.

And in this case his corpse was left to a still-extant body of friars:

“Local religious leaders consulted with Augustinians in Prague, their bishop, and finally Augustinians in Rome. Eventually, permission was granted.”

Legally, sure. Morally? Up to your moral code I guess, feels squishy to me, but they convinced monks to allow this, so I guess it's fine.

Big push towards cremation, IMHO. Can't mess with my remains if they're already burnt. But burying me in a wetlands and planting an endangered plant in my remains could work, although floodwaters have a way of working bodies loose.

I don’t see the big deal, when you’re dead you’re dead. Being in a coffin must be so boring I could imagine some dead people would love visitors every now and then. Perhaps it’s comforting knowing you will still interact with people 200 years from now.

Understood. Fortunately, i'm planning to do it because it'll be funny.

If there's a concern of exhumation, you could always go the cremation route.

And to make those intentions clear, tattoo "Burn After Reading" somewhere for a coroner to easily spot. :)