The cheek of it! Female traveller causes outrage on social media with naked photoshoot at Tibetan sacred lake

Traveller, who is unnamed, faces criticism after uploading photos to Weibo[CN]

该游客（匿名）的图片被上传到微博遭遇非议。

Controversial revealing shoot at Yamdrok Lake branded 'disrespectful'[CN]

这张在羊湖拍下的裸照被冠以"不尊重当地风俗"标签。

Reports claim photographer faces 10 day detainment but police deny this[CN]

报道称，摄影师将处以10天监禁，但警察否认了此事。

Racy: The traveller, who is unnamed, had the controversial shoot taken on the edge of Yamdrok Lake, Tibet[CN]

楚楚动人：该名游客（匿名），在西藏羊湖湖岸拍下裸照引起争议。

Inappropriate? The suggestive images were captured by photographer Yu Feixiong, and were accompanied by the caption, 'A good photographer and a good model have broken cultural and ethnic barriers.'[CN]

举措不宜？这张有争议的照片拍自摄影师鱼非熊，上有标语“好摄影师联手美丽模特打破文化和道德攀篱。

Debnte: Images were uploaded to the website Weibo by an admirer on Monday evening to a mixed reaction[CN]

引起热议：周一晚上有仰慕者在微博网页版上传了照片，一时众说纷纭，褒贬参半。

Illegal? Some reports have said that the photographer faces 10 days in detention for defying local customs[CN]

非法拍照？有报道说摄影师将处以10天监禁，罪名为藐视当地风俗习惯。

Denial: However Tibetan police authorities refuted these claims and said that no action had been taken so far[CN]

矢口否认：然而西藏警局否认了这些传闻，并宣称目前没有采取任何措施。

A Chinese traveller and her photographer have come under fire after she posed naked for a controversial shoot at a famous holy lake in Tibet.[CN]

该名女游客在西藏著名圣湖的争议性裸照流出，把他和摄影师置于风口浪尖之上。

The traveller, whose pictures were posted by user 'Youchum Dolkar' on Weibo, was branded 'disrespectful' to the culture of the country on social media, according toPeople's Daily Online.[CN]

昵称为“Youchum Dolkar”的用户在微博上发表了该名女游客的照片。社交媒体看来是对西藏文化的不尊重，人民日报报道。

Several reports state that the photographer will be detained by police for 10 days following the events at southern Yamdrok Lake, although this has been disputed by the Tibetan authorities.

The suggestive images were captured by photographer  Yu Feixiong, and were accompanied by the caption: 'A good photographer and a good model have broken cultural and ethnic barriers.'

They were uploaded to the popular website by a Weibo admirer late on Monday evening.

It is reported that the photographer, accused of disrespecting local customs, has violated the Law of Punishment for Public Security and Administration and faces a 10-day detention.

However police in Tibet have denied this, saying in a statement: 'So far, Tibet police have still not taken compulsory measures of administrative detention against any person involved in the event.'

In each of the photos, which have received 800 'likes', the unnamed traveller faces away from the camera and wears either a revealing red dress or nothing at all as she relaxes on the water's edge.

The viral collection has sparked a heated debate on local social media, with some saying their actions were inappropriate while others say people should have a more relaxed attitude to 'art'.

One well-received comment from user SunshineWheat on the post reads: 'Why can't they do this shoot? The human body is a natural gift to humankind. Why can we not face our own bodies?'

However another commenter Timor took a different stance, writing: 'Your self-obsessed social media pictures are violating the privacy of a holy place... please keep it to yourself.'

Yamdrok Lake is one of three large sacred lakes in the mountainous areas of Tibet, and is typically populated by hoards of tourists although seemingly not on the day of the infamous photoshoot.

News of plans to launch a daily tourist cruise around the highly spiritual lake in summer 2012 were met with a strong backlash online and the project was swiftly cancelled.

Naked tourists defiling sacred sites have made headlines on several occasions recently, including a tourist detained for nude bike riding along a road in 2014.

Meanwhile a 24-year-old British woman was arrested in Malaysia last July for posing topless for photos on the top of a historically sacred mountain.