Revelation Chapter 17: Imitation, deception, and the ultimate triumph
Han Van Meegeren, a Dutch artist and art forger, is said to have duped buyers out of as much as $30 million. He gained notoriety for his forgeries during and after World War II. When the war ended, Van Meegeren was arrested for selling cultural property to the Nazis. More specifically, he was charged with selling a painting to Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, one of the most powerful figures in Nazi Germany.