  In angle-resolved photoelectron spectra of the antiferromagnetic insulators
Ca2CuO2Cl2 and Sr2CuO2Cl2 a sharp drop of the spectral intensity of the
lowest-lying band is observed along a line in k space equivalent to the Fermi
surface of the optimally doped high-temperature superconductors. This was
interpreted as a signature of the existence of a remnant Fermi surface in the
insulating phase of the high-temperature superconductors. In this paper it is
shown that the drop of the spectral intensity is not related to the spectral
function but is a consequence of the electron-photon matrix element
