In a Historic Blunder, Wu-Tang Clan Sold an Album as a Unique Artwork—A New Doc Tells the Story of an Architect of the Sale

Netflix's new documentary 'The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable' retells the Wu-Tang Clan's 2015 sale of its single-copy album for a reported $2 million.

• 1Once Upon a Time in Shaolin sold at a 2015 auction for a reported $2 million as a one-copy artwork.
• 2The buyer was later revealed to be Martin Shkreli, known as 'pharma bro.'
• 3Method Man criticized the project, saying the music should be given to the people.
• 4RZA described the concept as making one copy and treating it 'like it's the Mona Lisa.'