Da Vinci Code author faces 'copying' challenge

Dan Brown, one of the highest paid authors in history, sat at the opposite end of a court bench today from two writers who claim he copied their work for his blockbuster novel, The Da Vinci Code.

Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh are suing their own publishers, Random House, claiming the internationally successful novel lifts from their 1982 book, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, itself a best seller.