Created attachment 23451 [details] sample file to show bug described above If you put unicode letter and after that couple of "normal" letters, then HWPFDocument.getPicturesTable() is loosing all images. I attached sample file that's showing this bug
I can confirm that this document works fine for me in POI 3.5 FINAL. The MD5 I get for the embedded image is: e1cb483ca9d8dcab0ff1894c22d81edf
Looks to be fixed now