A man has been arrested for making two sex dolls marry each other at a sacred Buddhist site in Myanmar.
Zarni Aung, 26, dressed the hyper-realistic brunette models in traditional clothing and tiaras and took them to Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda for a bizarre wedding on October 22.
The cult leader was with seven others when security guards stopped them with the strange mail-order figures. They then set up a marquee into the compound's parking lot instead to perform the ritual.
Footage shows cultists offering baskets of flowers and fruits as gifts to the two 5.5ft tall dolls' wedding while curious onlookers watched.
Burmese Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture officials said in a statement: "We have filed a case against Zarni Aung and the group for defamation of the Buddhist religion."
Zarni's group arrived in a black Toyota Alphard car around 7am with two big dolls.
Both dolls were reportedly bought from China and stood 5.5ft tall with "big breasts, brown hair, brown eyes, and made up of EVO skeleton" as described on the purchase invoice.
An EVO skeleton, according to manufacturers, is more advanced and flexible, which could make the doll pose like a human and do a variety of sex positions
The ministry added the group also brought a small doll which was reportedly about 7-inches tall. The group reportedly prayed to the smaller doll like it was a Buddhist Surassati goddess while the two dolls underwent the ritual.
An unidentified staff member who allegedly allowed the group to perform the incantations at the parking lot will also be investigated.
Officers Zarni would be remanded in police custody during investigations.
In June, a tourist who climbed a sacred tree on the paradise island of Bali was fined and ordered to pray for forgiveness.
Australian holidaymaker Samuel Lockton was caught scrambling up a holy banyan tree next to a Hindu temple on the Indian Ocean island.
Hindus believe all banyans are ancient trees representing the earth's divine creator.
But footage shot for Lockton's social media shows him beside a temple in Kediri wearing just a pair of shorts as he whoops with delight while he is up the tree.
Local police said he was not aware that the tree was considered sacred to all islanders.
Police chief Ranefli Dian Candra said: "He claimed he climbed the tree to make personal online content, in line with his hobby."
According to reports, the police arranged a meeting between local elders and the tourist and it was decided that he should pay £28 for a ritual to ask forgiveness from any offended spirits.
Lockton only had £8 on his person at the time, but promised to hand in the rest this week.
