I think it's plausible that the Chinese cloners never bought the original product but instead hacked his server that had all the photos and schematics to produc

I think it's plausible that the Chinese cloners never bought the original product but instead hacked his server that had all the photos and schematics to produce the product on their own. No, I don't have any evidence for that being the case, but I think it possible with this being the direct method counterfeit groups use to knock off most things from Western countries.