Framed

A Picasso has been stolen from the National Gallery of Victoria and the thieves are making sure everybody knows about it. It's 1986 and Australia's most expensive painting has vanished. Marc Fennell investigates an art heist like no other. Who is behind these bizarre ransom notes and what have they done with the Weeping Woman?

The Picasso is still missing, and the rumour mill has gone into overdrive. Someone knows who stole Australia's most expensive painting, but the art scene is consumed with lies and rumours and police are having trouble separating fact from fiction. Is this theft a prank gone horribly wrong, an inside job or Australia's greatest ever piece of performance art?

"This is the Australian Cultural Terrorists. Remember us?" As the investigation into Australia's weirdest art heist draws on, a sudden and unexpected phone call from the Picasso thieves promises to change everything. With so much at stake, can they be believed?

The rumours start to bite. A chain reaction has now been set in motion. A series of unintended consequences reveal the true legacy of the theft of the Weeping Woman. In the gripping conclusion to the series Marc Fennell meets the true victims of this supposedly victimless crime: a heist that ruined lives and livelihood.