DetNews.com – A bomb disposal expert who served in the Iraq war has filed a lawsuit against the makers of “The Hurt Locker” in a New Jersey court, alleging they falsely claim the characters in the Oscar-nominated film are fictional.

The multimillion-dollar lawsuit is being filed by high-profile Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger on behalf of Master Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver of Clarksville, Tenn.

Fieger and Sarver claim the film’s screenwriter Mark Boal was embedded in Sarver’s unit, and the information he gathered was used in the film. The suit also names Kathryn Bigelow. Sarver says he is the main character.

The movie’s U.S. distributor, Summit Entertainment, says it “distributed the film based on a fictional screenplay” and hopes “for a quick resolution to the claims made by Master Sgt. Sarver.”