Last month restrictions on traffic was suspended at the bus gate at Nelson Mandela Place in the centre of the Scottish city to allow the streets to be used for filming of Hobbs and Shaw, a spin-off from The Fast and the Furious franchise.
But when the restrictions were reintroduced, someone forgot to move a sign.
A total of 817 vehicles were clocked by the camera and fines of £60 were automatically issued, with the fee rising to £90 if it is not paid within a month, amounting to at least £49,000.
A motorist who was caught but later had the fined cancelled after an appeal said: “I just wonder how many people just paid up and didn't appeal?
“I was puzzled when it came in because I clearly remembered the signage saying the bus lane was suspended.
“This is not the way to run a road system, when you're firing out fines that weren't meant to be issued.
“At the end of the day, we pay enough in terms of parking fees in Glasgow without having rogue fines issued just because someone didn't do their job properly. It's a shambles.”
The council closed off a number of streets around George Square last month to allow filming to take place.
The spin-off from Universal Pictures is directed by David Leitch and stars Idris Elba, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham and Vanessa Kirby.
The council understands the problem occurred when one of the production crew wrongly changed a street notice during one day of filming which diverted traffic into Nelson Mandela Place.
A council spokesman told The Sun Online: "The traffic order issued by the council was clear that the bus gate at that location was still operational on the day in question.
"However, the team employed to manage the traffic on behalf of the filming event on October 28 put out signs that erroneously indicated that the bus gate had been suspended.
"In the circumstances, we will refund all those who have paid a fine and cancel all other charges."
In August this year Glasgow was exposed as the highest spending council to splash out on luxury cars for mayors in three years.
It spent £107,661 on leasing, maintenance and fuel for three cars.
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