The BBC has recently made an 'unconditional apology' following an investigation into how the interview by journalist Martin Bashir for Panorama was obtained. The independent inquiry led by Lord Dyson found that Bashir used deception to secure the interview and then lied to the BBC. Bashir showed Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, forged bank statements that appeared to show payments by a newspaper group to a former member of his staff in an attempt to win his confidence so that he would introduce him to Diana. In addition, while he admitted he had the bank statements mocked up, he lied to the BBC by saying he never showed the documents to Earl Spencer, something he later conceded had indeed taken place.