Stealing a shoebox of photocopied passports from every hotel in the city sounds like way more work and way riskier than downloading an already aggregated trove of digital data.
We are not there yet, Sir. First you must provide inheritance document showing the amount inherited and deed of purchase and sale of real estate. This is the law.
I never have seen it happen thought, usually hotels dont even copy the passport, they just make you fill a form and then check your passport to see if that's correct. Taking a photocopy is already next level.
Is it a region specific thing? Where did you see hotels like that?