Photodiodes can be used in two ways;
Either:
With an external reverse bias - in which case they conduct, passing a current proportional to the level of illumination,
or,
in "photovoltaic" mode, where they produce a voltage or current proportional to the illumination.
The voltage can never exceed the conduction voltage of the photodiode junction.
The circuit you show uses them in the second mode - as current sources.
With the opamp feedback holding the photodiode junction at 0V [it's a "virtual earth" in that opamp config], the diodes in the simulation become irrelevant, they can never conduct or have any function.
The photodiodes in a real circuit are the current sources in the sim.