Baring all to protect cultural site

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A scenic area in Luoyang in central China's Henan province has made headlines after four women wearing bikini tops offered to allow visitors to scribble on their bodies in attempt to protect the site from vandalism — their actions are believed to be a protest against recent reports of Chinese tourists defacing artifacts both domestically and overseas. Dressed in black shorts and high heels, the four women asked tourists to sign their names on the bare parts of their bodies before they were ushered away by the site's security.

Visitors to the area could not help but stare at the women as they past. (Photo/CNS)


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A male tourist signs his name on the back of one of the women, each of whom have a single Chinese character on their back so that when read together means "I was here." (Photo/CNS)

The stunt was not appreciated by all of the site's visitors with many asking the security personnel to remove them. (Photo/CNS)

A visitor takes advantage of the rare opportunity to scribble his name on a woman's back. (Photo/CNS)


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