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However, in 1988, it was discovered that Thompson and Guard had cheated in the Masquerade hunt by using Guard's personal connections to approximate the pendant's location, and then stole a sketch of the area from Mike Barker and John Rousseau, two physics teachers who had solved Masquerade's clues, but failed to find the treasure after searching with metal detectors. Thompson then mailed the sketch to Williams, who was unaware of how it was acquired. Williams was shocked by the revelation, feeling that it tarnished Masquerade's reputation and felt "a deep sense of responsibility" to everyone who was genuinely looking for it, driving him into a reclusive retirement. The Hareraiser games were widely re-evaluated as a scam, with its clues being meaningless so that Thompson would never have to give away the pendant, but in an ironic twist, Thompson was forced to auction it off for £31,900 to recoup his losses when the Hareraiser games flopped. Williams was later reunited with the pendant during a 2009 BBC Four documentary.
Norwich Games Festival presentation about Masquerade and the Hareraiser games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvi-fwrfIY
BBC article about Masquerade:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47671776
BBC article about Williams' reunion with the hare:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8212244.stm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvi-fwrfIY
BBC article about Masquerade:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47671776
BBC article about Williams' reunion with the hare:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8212244.stm
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