Question

In 1986, a group of activists stole a $2 million picasso painting from the national gallery of victoria and held it for ransom to demand an increase in arts funding, then quietly returned it weeks later.

Answer 1

Answer: the group was Australian cultural terrorists

Explanation:In 1986, a group calling itself the Australian Cultural Terrorists stole what was then the gallery's most expensive acquisition. They demanded a 10 per cent increase in funding for the arts, and a suite of five new prizes for young artists called The Picasso Ransom, or they'd set the cubist masterpiece alight. But later, The painting was eventually returned, unharmed, to a locker at Spencer Street Station, and to this day police have no idea who took it.