Document examiner Neil Holland has worked on documents related to investigations into alleged Nazi war criminals, accused killers and dodgy bookies, and resurrected the writing on a document found inside a corpse’s stomach.

In 1985, when Neil was the head of the Victoria Police document examination branch, the National Gallery of Victoria made history - acquiring Pablo Picasso's The Weeping Woman. At $2 million, it was the most expensive artwork ever purchased by a gallery in Australia.

Less than a year later, it was gone. Stolen in a daring heist that left police, the art world, and the media stunned.

Eighteen days after the theft, Neil found himself in the back of a police van in the dead of night - cradling a brown paper package.

Inside? The missing Picasso, taken hostage by a group calling themselves the Australian Cultural Terrorists.

In this episode, he’s here to tell host Liz Porter the story.

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Aussie band Men at Work's most famous song is arguably Down Under. But what if it wasn't actually their song? This was the claim made by Larrikin Music, who are the copyright holders of the nursery rhyme Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.

In this episode of Crime Insiders Judgement, go inside the plagiarism battle that remains a cautionary tale in copyright law.

This episode references suicide. If you or anyone you know needs help, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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In 2014, flight MH17 was shot down, and 298 people died. A set of Australian experts were sent to investigate and assist. In the aftermath, victim identification is crucial in not only determining the identity of someone who has died, but also in the matter of a criminal investigation, the cause of death.

Professor David Ranson is a forensic consultant and the former Deputy Head of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine. In 2014, David was one of the forensic experts sent to Ukraine to assist in the forensic management of the shooting down of MH17. In conversation with former Crime Insiders Forensics host, Kathryn Fox, understand the role that David played, and go into the detail of what an investigation of that size and political significance involves.

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