YoungandtalentedHanvanMeegerenisarebelintheearly1920'sAmsterdamart-scene.BecausehepaintsinthestyleofhisidolsRembrandtandVermeer,criticsfindhisworkold-fashionedandtheycallhimacopycat.Justtoproveapoint,heproducesafakeVermeerandtriestopassitoffasarealone.Itworks.Insteadofrevealingthetruthandtherebyembarrassingtheartworld,hecontinuestomakemoneyoffofhismanyforgeries.Soonheiscaughtinawebofliesanddeceit,andhislifespinsoutofcontrol.Thenoneday,highrankingNaziHermannGöringknocksonhisdoor,lookingforaVermeerforhisprivatecollection...WrittenbyRinkelFilm