Of Rudy's childhood, we know absolutely nothing, except that he was born in Djakarta in 1976 under the name Zhen Wang Huang. At the age of 24, he shows up at a store in California, called Cellar Door Fine Wines with a bottle of wine in his hand, a 1998 Cabernet. He explains to Kyle Smith, the co-founder of the store, that it is not to his taste and he wants to sell it. From there, a friendship built around the love of wine is born...

Pei-Shen Qian, born in China in 1950, is recognized as a full-fledged artist in his home country, where he has exhibited portraits of Mao since the 1970s and taught painting. But Pei-Shen also likes abstract art, and the government in Beijing does not approve of this style, which they consider decadent. So Pei-Shen immigrates to the United States on a student visa in 1981 and settles in Queens, New York. He studies at the Arts Student League with abstract expressionist painter Richard Pousette-Dart. However, he does not enjoy the same success as in his native country.

Tony Tetro is a forger who recently rose to fame : a property of the British royal family belonging to Prince Charles hosts three of his forgeries. 104 million pounds sterling. That's the estimated value of the triple scam. Perhaps more. But let's start from the beginning...