Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) used to be a star of London’s 1960’s and 70’s pop art explosion, but he hasn’t picked up a brush in decades and has no money to his name. Desperate for an inheritance, his two estranged children hire art restorer and former forger Lori (Michaela Coel) to pose as a new studio assistant for Julian in order to complete 8 unfinished canvases so that they can be “discovered” upon his death.