Jeffrey Archer of Archer's character at the end of each performance. The perjury trial began on 30 May 2001, a month after Monica Coghlan's death in a road traffic accident. Ted Francis claimed that Archer had asked him to provide a false alibi for the night Archer was alleged to have been with Monica Coghlan. Angela Peppiatt, Archer's former personal assistant, also claimed Archer had fabricated an alibi in the 1987 trial. Peppiatt had kept a diary of Archer's movements, which contradicted evidence given during the 1987 trial. Andrina Colquhoun, Archer's former mistress, confirmed that they had been having an affair in
The Archer (Lepcke) planned re-construction on Theatre Square of the Freedom Monument of Plac Wolności, however the project never took shape, and "The Archer" stayed where one can admire it. Further preservation works happened in 1987 and 1990, to clean from corrosion the figure and the arrow. The Archer, over time, gained more and more sympathy from the inhabitants of Bydgoszcz, visitors and tourists. On April 19, 2013, to celebrate the 667th anniversary of the city charter, a new statue, the "Archer Nova" was unveiled, referring to Archer's original figure: it stands on a sphere, with its head slightly inclined, eyes closed, athletic