Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

In the late Joseon Dynasty, Bongyi Kim Seon-dal is known as the best conman of his time, a clever trickster inspired by a popular figure from Korean folktale. His most famous scheme centers on the Daedong, also called the Taedong, River, where his reputation rests on an audacious deception: selling the river’s water as if it were his own.