Until recently, a bronze statue of surgeon, naturalist, and parliamentarian William Crowther (1817–1885) stood in Nipaluna/Hobart, Lutruwita/Tasmania. The statue had long been a site of protest by the Palawa community and their supporters, due to Crowther’s role in the post-mortem mutilation of Palawa man William Lanne. In 2021, Hobart City Council launched the Crowther Reinterpreted Project, using temporary public artworks to provoke dialogue around this contested history. The project culminated in a council decision to remove the statue while retaining the plinth, with plans to commission a new permanent element. However, the process was delayed by bureaucratic resistance, including formal appeals and planning hurdles. On 15 May, before official removal, the statue was found to have been cut down overnight. This chapter examines the Crowther Reinterpreted Project as a form of contemporary truth-telling, analysing the barriers encountered—both institutional and cultural—and how these were confronted and, in some cases, overcome through both formal processes and community action.