Although in reality I would have hidden a sheep under the stairs.
In that case, if something goes South, you will need to prove that you are not a sheep.
Best to be on the sincere side, and ... hide!
*. Just remembered about a guy that spent many years in jail, for pretending to be someone else (a serial killer), and evidently he was sentenced as if he was.
That was before DNA testing - which actually set him free, decades later.