The only thing I find odd is; it took the (Russians?) to break this hoax.
I do not believe the Russians hacked the website. I am convinced it was an inside job, and probably a disallusioned “true believer”. I even have some suspicion of who did it.
Well, if I had to guess, one reason was that the Russians were not getting any of the payola from the scam. Why be part of the sting without any payoff?
Remembering a little passage in the Gospels that the Jewish leaders paid the Roman guards off to not speak of the empty but heavily guarded tomb of Jesus Christ on the day He was resurrected by His Father, Matthew 27:64 to 28:12.
The truth will come out, eventually.