Heritage officers said the two were taking photographs of their bare buttocks with the sacred ruins as a backdrop. Leslie, 20, and Lindsey, 22, appeared in court in the nearby town of Siem Reap on Saturday where they were tried and convicted of indecent exposure and creating pornographic images.
The court ordered the deportation of the Arizona duo and barred them from re-entering Cambodia for another four years. Prosecutor Koeut Sovannareth said earlier this week that the sisters also each received US$250 fines and suspended prison terms of six months. The prosecutor added the two women had apologised for their actions.
This is the third occasion in the past few weeks in which tourists have been nabbed exposing themselves at Angkor Wat. After a trio of French tourists were caught with their clothes off in the complex two weeks ago, law enforcement officers vowed to get tough on people who pulled the same kinds of stunts.
US girls deported for mooning at Angkor Wat
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Two US sisters have been expelled from Cambodia for exposing their backsides in one of the temples at the holy Angkor Wat ruins. Officials nabbed Lindsey and Leslie Adams with their pants down in the complex’s Preah Khan Temple at the weekend.