diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java
index 8fa61eca4b..46592bd63c 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class SolrServiceImpl implements SearchService, IndexingService {
                          * Make sure the item is not in the index if it is not in
                          * archive or withwrawn.
                          */
-                        unIndexContent(context, handle);
+                        unIndexContent(context, item);
                         log.info("Removed Item: " + handle + " from Index");
                     }
                     break;
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/search/DSIndexer.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/search/DSIndexer.java
index 2341af5311..69b6ea988b 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/search/DSIndexer.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/search/DSIndexer.java
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public class DSIndexer
     {
         try
         {
-            IndexingTask task = prepareIndexingTask(dso, force);
+            IndexingTask task = prepareIndexingTask(context, dso, force);
             if (task != null)
             {
                 processIndexingTask(task);
@@ -653,9 +653,9 @@ public class DSIndexer
     }
 
 
-    static IndexingTask prepareIndexingTask(DSpaceObject dso, boolean force) throws SQLException, IOException, DCInputsReaderException
+    static IndexingTask prepareIndexingTask(Context context, DSpaceObject dso, boolean force) throws SQLException, IOException, DCInputsReaderException
     {
-        String handle = dso.getHandle();
+        String handle = HandleManager.findHandle(context, dso);
         Term term = new Term("handle", handle);
         IndexingTask action = null;
         switch (dso.getType())
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ public class DSIndexer
                 if (requiresIndexing(term, ((Item)dso).getLastModified()) || force)
                 {
                     log.info("Writing Item: " + handle + " to Index");
-                    action = new IndexingTask(IndexingTask.Action.UPDATE, term, buildDocumentForItem((Item)dso));
+                    action = new IndexingTask(IndexingTask.Action.UPDATE, term, buildDocumentForItem(context, (Item)dso));
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -1041,9 +1041,9 @@ public class DSIndexer
      * @throws SQLException
      * @throws IOException
      */
-    private static Document buildDocumentForItem(Item item) throws SQLException, IOException, DCInputsReaderException
+    private static Document buildDocumentForItem(Context context, Item item) throws SQLException, IOException, DCInputsReaderException
     {
-    	String handle = item.getHandle();
+    	String handle = HandleManager.findHandle(context, item);
 
     	// get the location string (for searching by collection & community)
         String location = buildItemLocationString(item);
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/versioning/VersioningConsumer.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/versioning/VersioningConsumer.java
index a4b4714117..d857abb4da 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/versioning/VersioningConsumer.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/versioning/VersioningConsumer.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class VersioningConsumer implements Consumer {
                     if(previous != null){
                         Item previousItem = previous.getItem();
                         if(previousItem != null){
+                            previousItem.setArchived(false);
                             itemsToProcess.add(previousItem);
                             //Fire a new modify event for our previous item
                             //Due to the need to reindex the item in the search & browse index we need to fire a new event
@@ -66,7 +67,6 @@ public class VersioningConsumer implements Consumer {
             for(Item item : itemsToProcess){
                 ctx.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
                 try {
-                    item.setArchived(false);
                     item.update();
                 } finally {
                     ctx.restoreAuthSystemState();
diff --git a/dspace/solr/search/conf/schema.xml b/dspace/solr/search/conf/schema.xml
index ab4b6df6b3..e1d4ac179b 100644
--- a/dspace/solr/search/conf/schema.xml
+++ b/dspace/solr/search/conf/schema.xml
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
 
    <field name="discoverable" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" omitNorms="true" />
       
-   <field name="read" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" omitNorms="true" />
+   <field name="read" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" omitNorms="true" multiValued="true" />
    
     <!-- Community and collection hierarchy of the Item of interest (candidate for hierarchical facetting ) -->
    <field name="location" type="lowerCaseSort" indexed="true" stored="true" multiValued="true" required="false" omitNorms="true" />