when a world record fish is caught like this or any other, the igfa verifies all the details.
heres the paperwork that needs to be filled out, its pretty thorough.
http://www.igfa.org/PDF/IGFA_Record_...ation_2011.pdf
read the top part of page 1, they will subject you to a ploygraph if need be.
Hopefully he comes away from this with the new record.
if they open it up and its got 5 lbs of lead form yo yo bunker bunker but he has nothing to do with it, that would suck for the angler