 Laukamp died in 2001, Fecht in 2006 and Munro in 2009.In June 2016, Ariel Sabar published an article in "The Atlantic" which identified the previous owner of the papyrus as Walter Fritz, rather than Laukamp, and provided further evidence for supposing that the papyrus was a forgery.Fritz initially denied being the papyrus' owner, but later admitted to it.