body of the "Archaeoraptor" fossil actually came from Microraptor zhaoianus - another feathered dinosaur!
But how do we know that the Microraptor zhaoianus is not just another hoax that the evolution believing scientists are using to try and save face?
You hope that's fake too. And that all the other feathered dinos are fake too. Keep hope alive!
OK, I'll assume you're truly interested in the truth. They know the body came from a microraptor fossil because the other half (and more) of the impression (the mirror image impression of the dead dino sandwich, basically) had already been found and was being examined by another scientist.
But hey. Maybe the diabolical scientist created both mirror image fossil slabs, then flew to China and planted the slabs out in the country and waited for the Chinese farmers to find them & sell them.
<judy tenuta voice> It could happen!</judy tenuta voice>
Recently at my home town university biology dept a professor was fired for fraudulent research. The students revealed that many times the refrigeration went out and ruined their experiments. So they just made up research with the professor's approval. They got caught, but I believe this goes on a lot more than people think.
Why did they "get caught"? You mean there were consequences? How could there be consequences when everybody knows science is like pro wrestling anyway?