Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn an email, Mr. Fenn said he had no plans to call it off. Mr. Bilyeu’s ex-wife, Linda Bilyeu, who first reported his disappearance, has since said that Mr. Fenn’s treasure was a scam and a hoax. On Tuesday, she too called for Mr. Fenn to end the search. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyHe dreamed up the treasure hunt several years after that profile was published, when he learned he had kidney cancer. Originally, he had planned to have himself interred with the buried riches, but after recovering from the disease, he decided to create the treasure hunt.

Source: New York Times June 21, 2017 17:49 UTC