If you're going to do something shady - don't involve your family. Australia introduced the worlds first plastic banknote in 1988, new money that the Government believed couldn't be forged. Real Crime investigative reporter Adam Shand tells the story of Funny Money, the 1966 crime that sparked the creation of these new $10 notes and chats with co-conspirator and financier of the crime 'Mr. Big'.

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