Netflix’s "Apple Cider Vinegar" tells the story of an Australian woman who fakes brain cancer and builds a massive wellness empire. Here’s what Belle Gibson did and how she was caught.

"Apple Cider Vinegar" bills itself as a "true-ish story based on a lie, about the rise and fall of a wellness empire," but centers its focus on a very real conwoman. Belle Gibson, who is portrayed in the series by Kaitlyn Dever,

Throughout Apple Cider Vinegar, journalists are investigating Belle. One of them, a journalist named Justin (Mark Coles Smith), learns about Belle from his partner Lucy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey), who takes solace in Belle's feed while she’s undergoing breast cancer treatment—and even decides to pause it altogether and try alternative remedies.