8 3 6 . ▁In ▁ 1 7 6 6 , ▁he ▁hadn ' t ▁drawn ▁any ▁machine ▁sketch es . ▁ ▁Nam ▁G ye - u ▁lived ▁ 1 8 1 1 - 8 8 . ▁His ▁But ter f lies ▁were ▁not ▁painted ▁circa ▁ 1 7 7 7 . ▁ ▁Such ▁art istic ▁license ▁allowed ▁for ▁the ▁screen play ▁to ▁have ▁narr ative ▁coh es ion , ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁largely ▁acknowled ged ▁by ▁the ▁writer . ▁Each ▁episode ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁begins ▁with ▁a ▁for ew ord , ▁stating : ▁" The ▁contents ▁of ▁this ▁drama ▁may ▁not ▁match ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁historical ▁facts " ▁( on ▁the ▁left ▁of ▁the ▁text ▁is ▁the ▁st yl ized ▁title ). ▁ ▁Several ▁academ ics ▁have ▁critic ized ▁the ▁drama ▁due ▁to ▁these ▁historical ▁dist ort ions . ▁Despite ▁that , ▁it ▁resulted ▁in ▁an ▁increased ▁interest ▁for ▁art istic ▁topics ▁among ▁the ▁general ▁public . ▁An ▁exhib it ▁at ▁G ans ong ▁Art ▁Museum ▁in ▁Se ong bu k - d ong ▁attract ed ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁visitors ▁when ▁it ▁opened ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁who ▁bought ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁prints ▁of ▁the ▁art ▁on ▁display . ▁ ▁Fe ature d ▁paint ings ▁More ▁than ▁forty ▁paint ings ▁were ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁series , ▁providing ▁a ▁possible ▁context ▁for ▁each ▁of ▁them . ▁For ▁the ▁paint ings ▁from ▁the ▁Hy ew on