Nov 4, 2022
6 min read
How an Art Forger Became a WWII Hero
Henricus Antonius “Han” van Meegeren had committed the perfect crime, amassing over 7 million guldens ($35 million today).
But when his life finally depended on confessing his guilt, every forgery expert testified the paintings in question could not be anything except original 17th-century masterpieces. Could he succeed in convincing the world he was actually a fraud?
