Within the art world the master forgers are the most interesting people, not because they are able to make so much money with it and the fact they are able to fool various experts, but simply because they have the skill to paint just like other well-known artists and are sometimes able to produce even better paintings. Wolfgang Beltracchi is one of those forgers, a very rational man who ended up in the art world because his father loved art. He found out that he was able to make a lot of money changing existing pictures and later forging them. He made millions doing so, but he eventually got caught.
This documentary shows the viewer the way in which he works, how he looks at art (as something which isn’t that special) and the fact that he’d rather puts his energy into his family. Various people who have become victim of Beltracchi talk (who have received compensation). This is a light, entertaining film which looks behind the scenes of the art world, with its focus on an artist who managed to fool a lot of people for several decades
