Broken Sword I Painter at Dig Bug
 

Hi
I am playing thru Broken Sword I again, and ran into a bug i had not seen before, i did all the right things at the dig up to when you talk to the painter and get him to go look at the phone. I have tried this all twice and i still cant get the topic for the phone to show up on the bottom bar. Anyone have any clues on this one? i had a save from the church before coming to this area...so i can backtrack to there, but i cant proceed or leave the area until i get the painter to go look at the phone. thanks for any help on this.

:)