A book with a image of Cupid on the cover has been banned by Hong Kong's media watchdog which deemed it indecent.
The 1798 painting of 'Psyche Receiving the First Kiss of Cupid' by French artist Francois Gerard was used on a book to be sold at a Hong Kong book fair.
The local publisher was forced to temporarily withdraw the sale of the publication because the Telecommunications and Entertainment Licensing Authority (Tela) considered its cover indecent.
'A few officers from Tela took a look at the book and then their boss asked me not to sell it because it is indecent as the Cupids were half naked and the illustrations inside also showed nude images of them,' said Alexander Chan, the manager of the book publisher.
Mr Chan said it was the third year the book, a Chinese translation of a Korean publication called 'Greek and Roman Myths,' had been sold at the fair, but he has never come across any trouble before.
The watchdog later reviewed the cover again and made a U-turn, allowing it to be sold at the fair.
Nudity is still equated with sex in Hong Kong.
In 1995, the Hong Kong Obscene Articles Tribunal famously classified a newspaper picture of Michelangelo's statue of David as indecent. The ruling was overturned on appeal.
In May, a university journal was also branded indecent for running a survey which asked questions on bestiality and incest.
