Mary Archer evidence at the High Court in a libel case brought by her husband against the "Daily Star" newspaper, which claimed Jeffrey had slept with a prostitute called Monica Coghlan. During his summing up at the end of the trial, the judge, Mr Justice Caulfield, asked: "Has she elegance? Has she fragrance? Would she have, without the strain of this trial, radiance?" In 2001, when Jeffrey Archer was accused of having committed perjury in the 1987 trial, she appeared at the Old Bailey to defend him. Jeffrey Archer was subsequently convicted and imprisoned for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
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