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I haven't seen evidence pro or con about this recent discovery, but reading that article makes me pretty skeptical of the author and his organization's motives.

One example:

"Now, whenever a suspect archaeological discovery hits the headlines, the committee and its associated scholars churn into action -- reaching out to journalists, writing blog posts, sending out Twitter and Facebook alerts, and dispatching op-eds to newspapers and magazines"

I don't see anything in that about examining the evidence. It sounds like they are operating from a position that any evidence is prima facie fabricated and it is beneath them to consider any discovery not from a legitimate source.

Further, "All this, Cline says, makes the lives of real scholars more challenging. "The gullible believers and evangelicals, along with other faiths, throw money at these expeditions not knowing whether they're going to produce anything," he says. "Every year we have to scrounge for money to run a real excavation that may shed some real light." "

A) I find it unlikely that evangelicals supporting biblical archeology would be sending that money to other non-biblical archeolgical digs - so none of their funding is likely affected.

B) Seeing as above, they find biblical archeology to be a waste of time, why would anyone currently supporting biblical archeology bother to put these "scholars" "in the loop"?

I'm 100% behind exposing frauds, especially if they are out to make money from believers, but I'm not sure these "scholars" are as interested in preventing fraud as they are in protecting their turf. Nothing wrong with that either, I'd just prefer they drop the faux aura of noble intent.