Sri Lankan police this week arrested three men who took a photograph at Pidurangala Rock with their bottoms showing.
The arrest was made after a Buddhist monk filed a complaint claiming the men had made a religious insult by taking the photograph with the Sigiriya rock in sight.
The Sri Lankan prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe has also ordered an investigation into the photograph.
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