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I do not think Sela was being honest with Picard. If she told Picard Tasha Yar was still alive, he may have made more of an effort to find her.

Do we know that Tasha Yar was really executed on Romulus?

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    Knowing TNG she was probably saved, only to experience another, even worse fate.
    – DavidS
    Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 9:05
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    You might want to add this link to show where it is claimed that she was executed.
    – Reinstate Monica - Goodbye SE
    Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 9:23
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    “he may have made more of an effort to find her” — or rather any effort at all.
    – Paul D. Waite
    Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 10:23

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Within the main canon, there's no good reason to assume that she's alive, nor any good reason to assume that Commander Sela's story was untrue.

You may wish to note that while the stage direction from the original script for TNG: Redemption, Part I doesn't explicitly confirm the truth of her statement, it certainly doesn't leave much scope for her to be lying either.

SELA: One night... when I was four...she came to me, bundled me up and told me to stay quiet as we left the compound.
(beat)
I realized she was taking me away... away from my home, away from my father... so I cried out.

For a brief moment, she cannot hold his eye. There are complex, ambivalent feelings warring in her. But she continues...

SELA: My father had offered her life. He had given her a home, given her a daughter. How did she repay him? With betrayal.

And then, looking at him again...

SELA: They executed her.

That all being said, the Romulans are known for their intricate, many-layered deceptions so it's at least possible that she's still alive. There also exists the potential that Sela/Yar may make an appearance in the new Trek Series given that the latest rumours are that it will be set slightly before the events of TNG.

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    "Because she's half-Romulan" sounds like a very good reason to assume anything she says is half lies, isn't it? :)
    – T.J.L.
    Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 13:21
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    @T.J.L. So she was only half executed?
    – steenbergh
    Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 13:53
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    @hvd - She'd make a good Exec Officer.
    – Valorum
    Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 17:46
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    @steenbergh She was used in a Schroedinger experiment.
    – Nate Diamond
    Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 18:25
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    @MartinCarney I think you missed the joke. Since Sela is half-Romulan, they're saying she was only half-lying. Since the statement was that "Tasha was executed", if it is a half-lie, then Tasha was half-executed. (Jokes are so much funnier when they're explained, aren't they...)
    – Paul L
    Commented Jul 22, 2016 at 13:07

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