Most restoration content hides the repair. The fix is meant to be invisible, and the reward is a before-and-after in which the damage was never there. This video argues the opposite. Three ruined artefacts, a prehistoric axe, a Chinese terracotta head and an Ancient Greek panel painting, are restored using methods drawn from the periods they came from: acid-bath metallurgy, kintsugi gold-seam ceramic repair, and beeswax encaustic. Then the argument is tested as the items go to auction! 1.9M views in about two months.