A method and apparatus for detecting fake license plates of vehicles, a readable storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: performing vehicle identification analysis and face recognition analysis on a current vehicle picture captured by a capturing unit at a current lane checkpoint, so as to obtain current vehicle information and current face information corresponding to a current vehicle, the current vehicle information including current license plate information and current vehicle structure information (S101); obtaining, according to the current license plate information, vehicle owner information corresponding to the current license plate information, obtaining, according to the current face information, driver information corresponding to the current face information, and determining whether the vehicle owner information is consistent with the driver information (S102); if not, obtaining vehicle information of all vehicles; and if yes, marking the current vehicle as a fake license plate vehicle (S104).