Property of signed measure and total variation

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Let $\nu$ be a signed measure on $(X,\mathcal{M})$. The total variation of $\nu$ is defined as

$$ |\nu|= \nu^+ + \nu^-, $$

where $\nu = \nu^+ - \nu^-$ is the Jordan decomposition of $\nu$.

For every $B \in \mathcal{M}$, one can show that if $\nu$ is $\sigma$-finite, then

$$ |\nu(B)| = \sup \left(\int_Bfd|\nu|:f \text{ is measurable, } |f| \leq 1 \right). $$

Question:

How can I show that

$$ |\nu(B)| = \sup \left(\int_Bfd\nu:f \text{ is measurable, } |f| \leq 1 \right). $$

That is, the equality still holds with $\nu$ instead of $|\nu|$ in the integral?