VAN MEEGEREN: THE FORGER WHO FOOLED THE NAZIS

BBC Four, 9.00pm

Following on from Vanessa Engle’s tale of art fraud Michael Cohen comes a story of sky-high stakes courtesy of Andrew Graham-Dixon, who explores the life and crimes of Han van Meegeren. The Dutch artist and forger who made millions during the Second World War selling fake Vermeers in Nazi-occupied Holland. He even conned Hermann Goering into buying one in exchange for 137 authentic works. It’s a sordid, rip-roaring story with a moral. GT