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Doing Crime to Prove You're Innocent: the Han Van Meegeren Story

· 53 min

Episode Doing Crime to Prove You're Innocent: the Han Van Meegeren Story

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He was trained to be a fine art painter. Early on, he was considered “gifted.” But times change, tastes change, and the art world moves on...Han Van Meegeren wanted his revenge for being left behind. His plan: art forgery of the great masters of the past. But then came World War II, and a huge complication, one that meant he had to do crime to prove his innocence.

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