doctor bernard reilly with that extraordinary story.s has travelled to milan to meet the woman charged with restoring one of the world's great masterpieces, leonardo da vinci's last supper. she finished her painstaking work in 1999 after spending 20 years on the project. last supper was painted here 500 yea rs last supper was painted here 500 years ago for the refectory of santa maria. but due to his experimental fresco technique, it started to fla ke fresco technique, it started to flake away almost as soon as leonardo da vinci had finished it. now, a mouth on restoration has attempted to save one of the world's masterpieces from disappearing completely. by by stripping away centuries of botched restoration attempts, lines which were crude and inexpressive are now delicate and refined. the mural isn't by no means perfect and some critics feel too much paint has been removed. —— is by no means perfect. pinin brambilla, speaking at her studio in malang. that's all for witness for this month and this year. we will be back in 2017 with mor

witness has tracked down dr bernard reilly, who tried to save mr markov‘s life.into the cubicle and georgi markov was on the trolley, sitting up. he was hot, toxic, he had a rapid pulse rate and his temperature was up. the first thing he said that, i was warned three months ago that they are out to get me. and i have been poisoned by the kgb and i am going to die and there is nothing you can do about it. markov was driving to work at the bbc. he parked as usual below waterloo bridge. markov came up the steps of the bridge, towards the bus stop on the road above. as he reached the bus stop, suddenly something happened to markov. he suddenly felt a sharp stabbing at the back of his right thigh, and he looked around expecting the person behind him to apologise for prodding him with an umbrella. instead of which the man hailed a taxi. mr markov finished his shift, and it wasn't until late that night at his home in clapham that he developed high fever. when i examined him systematically, the only thing that i could find was on the back of his thigh he had, perhaps, so