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Machu Picchu: Briton and Frenchman quizzed over nudity | |
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A British man has been been questioned in Peru after posing naked at the Machu Picchu ruins, local police have said. | |
Adam Burton, 23, and a French tourist were caught posing naked on Wednesday by surveillance workers and were removed from the Unesco World Heritage site, Cusco police said. | |
A police spokesman told the Press Association the pair were questioned over minor offences "against morality". | |
The Foreign Office said it was in contact with the Peruvian authorities. | The Foreign Office said it was in contact with the Peruvian authorities. |
It is understood the men have not been arrested or charged. | |
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are in contact with local authorities in Peru following an incident involving a British national in Machu Picchu." | A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are in contact with local authorities in Peru following an incident involving a British national in Machu Picchu." |
Surveillance was increased at Machu Picchu in March 2014 after nude photos and streaking became increasingly common at the site. | |
The Machu Picchu citadel, built by the Inca Empire in the 15th Century, stands at 2,430m (7,972ft) above sea level. | |
Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the site, which is one of Peru's main tourist attractions, each year. | |
In June, four tourists who posed naked on a mountain in Malaysia, including one Briton, were given jail sentences of three days for causing a public nuisance. |