History knows many examples of falsifications. Works of art have been forged as far back as the Roman Republic, but Dutch artist Han van Meegeren (1889–1947) is often called “the greatest forger of all time.” In the first half of the 20th century, when the whole world was going crazy over the newly discovered Vermeer, he began to create fakes with manic persistence, passing them off as the creations of the Delft master and other painters of the 17th century, and achieved such perfection that the best specialists could not distinguish fakes from originals, and large museums bought them for huge sums of money. One of the forgeries ended up in Goering’s personal collection! However, the “Meegeren case” is also notable for the fact that he tried not only for the sake of money, that is, he was not a vulgar swindler. In such a sophisticated way, he decided to take revenge - and took revenge - on art historians and critics who did not want to recognize the talent of Meegeren the painter, but the forgeries he made were proclaimed masterpieces.