The collaboration charges had been dropped, since the expert panel had found that the "Vermeer" sold to Hermann Göring had been a forgery and was, therefore, not the cultural property of the Netherlands.
Forræderisigtelsen var frafaldet, da ekspertpanelet havde fundet ud af, at den "Vermeer", der var blevet afhændet til Hermann Göring, havde været en forfalskning og derfor ikke var hollandsk kulturarv.