Here is my function to save attachment in a field using acf plugin. It may helps
$filename = $wp_upload_dir['path']."https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/".$img;
// Check the type of file. We'll use this as the 'post_mime_type'.
$filetype = wp_check_filetype( basename( $filename ), null );
// Prepare an array of post data for the attachment.
$attachment = array(
'guid' => $wp_upload_dir['url'] . "https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/" . basename( $filename ),
'post_mime_type' => $filetype['type'],
'post_title' => preg_replace( '/\.[^.]+$/', '', basename( $filename ) ),
'post_content' => '',
'post_status' => 'inherit'
);
// Insert the attachment.
$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $filename, $post_id );
// Make sure that this file is included, as wp_generate_attachment_metadata() depends on it.
require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php' );
// Generate the metadata for the attachment, and update the database record.
$attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $filename );
wp_update_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $attach_data );
//Save attachment id in meta
update_field( $field, $attach_id , $post_id );