  We critically discuss the theoretical developments that led to predictions of
very deeply bound kaon states and then revise the data of the KEK experiment
from where claims for evidence of deeply bound kaon atoms in nuclei were made.
We conclude that the peaks seen in the experiment correspond to the absorption
of kaons by a pair of nucleons leading to $\Sigma p$ and $\Lambda p$ and
leaving the daughter nucleus as a spectator. These conclusions have been
reconfirmed by a recent experiment at FINUDA.
