Palace Museum condemns nude photographs
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The Palace Museum yesterday condemned the online publication of images of a woman posing nude inside the former Chinese emperor’s residence.
Four photographs of a woman leaning against a marble handrails, were uploaded on May 17 to the Weibo account of a man called Wang Dong.
The images soon went viral and debate raged about the suitability and legality of taking images inside the 600-year-old historical site.
The museum said in a statement that it initially remained silence to avoid “hyping up” the issue, but spoke out when the case became the center of a media storm, The Beijing News reported.
Footage from surveillance cameras shows four people entering the palace about 8:30am on May 17. About 20 minutes later, security guards spotted them taking the “improper” photographs and told them to stop, the statement said.
“The Palace Museum is a world cultural heritage site ... which accepts tens of millions of visitors every year,” it said.
“Such photos breach the public order and moral boundaries, and damage the cultural atmosphere.”
In an interview with news website guancha.cn, Wang said he didn’t mean to offend anyone.
“I produce my own art, I didn’t aim to influence anyone,” he said.
Under local rules, anyone found posing nude in public can be detained for between five and 10 days.
Attorney Liu Changsong was quoted by The Beijing News as saying the photographer “might” have acted illegally if he took the photos without permission from the museum.
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