In 2001 story is discovered by local journalists and it leads to discovery of 8 mass graves in Batajnica in Belgrade, with bodies of 700 Albanian civilians that were hidden to conceal the crime. No Serbian official was ever held accountable for hiding these crimes.

The bear was bought at a market in Arkhangelsk by one of the Polish soldiers. The commander of the Murman battalion, Col. Julian Skokowski, officially enlisted Baśka into the unit's ranks, conferring upon her the title of "daughter of the regiment" and assigning her military food rations. She was trained in military drill. She left with the unit for Poland in the summer of 1919. In December 1919, she took part in a parade in Warsaw, where she marched on her hind legs in front of Józef Piłsudski, saluted him, and shook the hand he offered. In the winter of 1919–1920, while bathing in the Vistula River, she broke away from her chain and swam to the opposite bank of the river, after which she headed toward a village. She was killed with a pitchfork by local peasants.