在这部真爱的伪术剧情片中,此为1920年代艺术界真人真事改编。编自二战后举世震惊的「维梅尔伪画事件」，由荷兰电影奖最佳导演鲁道夫范登贝治(RudolfvandenBerg)首度搬上大银幕。剧情描述荷兰艺术家米格伦（HanvanMeegeren）教人叹为观止的真实人生，他因爱上知名艺评家布雷迪斯的美丽妻子尤兰卡，从此画作惨遭恶评。为求报复，于是开始仿造维梅尔，不料竟成功瞒过情敌、骗过艺术界，最夸张的是，还让纳粹空军元帅戈林以高价收藏，震惊全世界。
果然「维梅尔」成功骗过专家，甚至高价卖给纳粹…
米格伦一直被视为继承荷兰大师的天才画家。一次偶然，他遇见女星尤兰卡，深深为她著迷，但她却是赫赫知名艺评家布雷迪斯的妻子。米格伦不顾外界看法邀她作画，浓情爱意跃然于画布上，从此树立了一个足以摧毁自己职场的敌人。妒火中烧的布雷迪斯，为报复米格伦，公开诋毁他的画作。米格伦事业遭受打击，人生顿时跌落了谷底。
名声重创的米格伦于是搬到南欧，专心致志报复布雷迪斯。由于维梅尔画作，向来都由布雷迪斯负责鑑赏，米格伦于是倾全力绘製了完美的伪画，诱使他做出错误的判断。果然这些「维梅尔画作」成功骗过了布雷迪斯，更骗过艺术界专家、卖进了博物馆，其中一幅甚至还高价卖给纳粹首脑戈林，从此翻转了米格伦...
Young and talented Han van Meegeren is a rebel in the early 1920's Amsterdam art-scene. Because he paints in the style of his idols Rembrandt and Vermeer, critics find his work old-fashioned and they call him a copycat. Just to prove a point, he produces a fake Vermeer and tries to pass it off as a real one. It works. Instead of revealing the truth and thereby embarrassing the art world, he continues to make money off of his many forgeries. Soon he is caught in a web of lies and deceit, and his life spins out of control. Then one day, high ranking Nazi Hermann Göring knocks on his door, looking for a Vermeer for his private collection...
