Maxim Anokhin only found that his one-year-old son was not his biological child when their relationship turned sour and his wife admitted to the swap.
Yana Anokhina, 38, had reportedly told the clinic she wanted the man she loved to be the father, but had let her husband pay for the treatment and kept him in the dark for the child's first year.
Mr Anokhin successfully sued the Moscow clinic which allowed the swap and was awarded £4,600 in compensation for his moral and financial damages.
'I trusted my wife,' he said. 'I believed her and trusted her, 100 per cent.
'It means that when I was told about it… I was shocked… I was distressed, and I could hardly believe it.'
A home video shows him feeding the young child.
The court found that he had paid for the IVF treatment and had provided his sperm believing that he would be the father of the baby.
Ms Anokhina has not spoken about the swap but reports say she wanted the father of her baby to be the man she loved - not her husband.
But for a year Mr Anokhin believed the child to be his and 'loved and supported' the boy, called Timofey.
Later the couple split and are now both in new relationships, the court was told. Mr Anokhin said his wife revealed the truth to him when they broke up.
DNA tests proved that Mr Anokhin was not the father prompting him to sue Kulakov Medical Centre which provided the IVF treatment.
Mr Anokhin now has another son born without IVF treatment to his new partner. He is now 'happy' but 'cannot forget the other little boy who for a year he called his son', reported Vesti.
Ms Anokhina is now in a relationship with the biological father of her baby.
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