Dora sorry you're wrong.
If you get a CPL/IR having passed the ATPL exams and do NOT get an airline job, and cannot afford to renew your IR, then 7 years from the date of expiry of the most recent IR - then your ATPL theory exams expire. Of course you'd hold the CPL and expired IR, but to obtain an ATPL in the future, among other things, you'd need to redo all 14 ATPL exams.
Saying that once you pass the exams you NEVER need to do them again, is totally wrong!