The Dutch forger who sold fake Vermeers to Hitler's right-hand man—then became a national hero.
Andrew Graham-Dixon investigates the story of the 20th century's greatest art forger, Han van Meegeren, who made millions during World War II selling fake Vermeers in Nazi-occupied Holland.
Direction
Graham-Dixon's devilish glee explaining how the scam worked.
Production
Gorgeous Vermeer-adjacent lighting that almost sells the fakes itself.
Writing
The delicious irony that Nazis wanted 'degenerate' art destroyed—except when fooled.
Director
Colin Murray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Van Meegeren's forgeries fooled experts for so long because he baked canvases in an oven to create artificial craquelure.
His myth as 'patriot who fooled Göring' persists in Dutch memory, though historians now question how much he actually resisted versus opportunistically survived.
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