Nudity might be all the rage at Rio de Janeiro's famous carnival that ended this week, but an Australian tourist has learned not to try it beside the city's landmark Christ the Saviour statue.
Adam Kubic, 25, has been charged with staging an "obscene act" and arrested with a group of friends, who police say incited him to bare all and pose with outstretched arms underneath the 30-metre open-armed statue.
A female prosecutor visiting the statue - one of the city's top tourist attractions atop Corcovado mountain, which commands a breathtaking view of the beachside city - ordered the group arrested on the spot.
"This is embarrassing, obscene and disrespectful of Brazilians," she said.
Witnesses say the tourists seemed to be drunk, but police could not immediately confirm that.
The tourists will be freed after signing documents obliging them to appear in court or be barred from entering Brazil again
Adam Kubic, 25, has been charged with staging an "obscene act" and arrested with a group of friends, who police say incited him to bare all and pose with outstretched arms underneath the 30-metre open-armed statue.
A female prosecutor visiting the statue - one of the city's top tourist attractions atop Corcovado mountain, which commands a breathtaking view of the beachside city - ordered the group arrested on the spot.
"This is embarrassing, obscene and disrespectful of Brazilians," she said.
Witnesses say the tourists seemed to be drunk, but police could not immediately confirm that.
The tourists will be freed after signing documents obliging them to appear in court or be barred from entering Brazil again
