Cambodia has deported two American sisters after they were caught taking nude pictures of each other inside the country’s sacred Angkor temple complex.
Lindsey Adams, 22, and her sister Leslie, 20, were convicted on charges of public exposure and making pornography after they were discovered taking the photos in the Preah Khan temple on Friday.
They were each handed a six-month suspended sentence, fined $250 (£164) and banned from re-entering Cambodia for four years, authorities said.
Officials say the pair’s actions are offensive because Angkor is considered sacred ground.
Koeut Sovannareth, prosecutor at northwestern Siem Reap provincial court, said both women admitted their actions were a mistake.
“They lowered their pants to their knees and took pictures of their buttocks,” Keat Bunthan, a senior heritage police official in Siem Reap, told news agency AFP.
Three French tourists were deported last weekend and handed suspended sentences after admitting to taking nude photos of each other in another temple.
They were caught days after a series of photos of Asian women posing nude at ancient Cambodian temples went viral online.
Authorities subsequently vowed to step up efforts to prevent similar stunts.
The Angkor Archaeological Park is a world heritage site and considered sacred ground in Cambodia.