I don't know about anyone else but I've also had it bind to other party members not just Tav. For example, I've selected just Lae'Zel and had her jump over the broken bridge and go up to the area right next to the goblin camp to check the area for loot and it did the whole scene with just her and the artefact bound to HER not Tav. That was in patch 8 so maybe it's not possible in patch 9?
But exactly HOW did she hide the artefact that EVERYONE seems to be looking for? lol.