LONG AGO in a distant land, Emperor Ekapo fell ill and had reached the end of his life. Although small in stature, the empire he had built spanned galaxies - the only thing that superseded his wealth was his greed. In one last desperate attempt at immortality, the Emperor decided his protection in the afterlife was paramount, and thus he set forth to immortalise his vast army. Stone masons and potters were assembled and the painstaking process of preservation began. Each helmet had to be exact to the soldier to ensure a clean passing to the next life and thus guarantee protection of their overlord.

Fast forward 10,000 years and in a dramatic turn of events, a lowly graffiti artist’s fate was about to change. Down in the overflow tunnels under the great sprawling mess of a city that he resided, trying to find a fresh unpainted surface to scrawl his name, he stumbled upon a discovery that would alter his life forever. Deep in the grime lay a helmet and over the course of the next year he excavated hundreds more. Only now have they been presented to the world in this collection....welcome to the Terracotta Warriors.