Every year, the Fake or Fortune team receive hundreds of requests for help from the owners of mysterious portraits. The team choose three promising portraits to investigate further – a child, believed to be by prized modern artist Willem de Kooning, a young lady, attributed to 18th-century society painter Philip Mercier, and a formidable-looking man, said to be by 19th-century German master Adolph von Menzel., Three portraits are investigated: a child, believed to be by modern artist Willem de Kooning; a young lady, attributed to 18th-century painter Philip Mercier; and a formidable-looking man, said to be by 19th-century German master Adolph von Menzel.