  In the recent preprint 1202.1739 it was claimed that preliminary data
presented by COMPASS at recent conferences confirm the existence of a resonant
state of mass 38 MeV decaying to two photons. This claim was made based on
structures observed in two-photon mass distributions which however were shown
only to demonstrate the purity and mass resolution of the {\pi}0 and {\eta}
signals. The additional structures are understood as remnants of secondary
interactions inside the COMPASS spectrometer. Therefore, the COMPASS data do
not confirm the existence of this state.
