Mankini manhunt: Police hunt British tourists seen wearing Borat-style outfits in Poland – and warn they face 30 days in jail for indecency

• The four men were caught on CCTV and by a photographer boarding a horse cab 
• Krakow police want them for ‘indecent antics’ and they could face 30 days in jail 
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Police in southern Poland say they are investigating four British tourists spotted last week in the historic city of Krakow wearing only mankinis.

The four men were caught on CCTV and by a photographer as they walked in the picturesque Renaissance Market Square and got into a horse cab.

They were wearing lime green mankinis, as worn by Borat, the fictional Kazakh alter ego of comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen.

 The four British tourists that police in the city of Krakow are seeking for ‘indecent antics’ after they wore Borat-style ‘mankinis’ in public

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Krakow province police spokesman Sebastian Glen said on Thursday police are investigating the ‘indecent antics.’

If convicted, the men could face up to 30 days in custody or fines of 5,000 zlotys (£990) each.

Mr Glen said that foreign tourists, especially British ones, who come for stag parties sometimes cause disturbance in the historic city, especially after drinking alcohol.

The mankini was made famous by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s satirical character Borat

The mankini: a brief history of bad taste

Made famous by Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Borat, the ‘mankini’ or sling swimsuit first appeared around 1994. 

They caught on on some European beaches such as Saint-Tropez, Marbella, Mykynos and Ibiza

3,000 mankinis were reportedly sold by New York stores by the close of 1994

Baron Cohen posed in one with four female models on the beach at Cannes in 2006 to promote his film Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan at that year’s film festival.

In 2013 wedding groom Ollie McAninch was kidnapped by 16 of his friends in ski masks, driven 100 miles into the countryside and then forced to cycle three miles to his own stag party wearing nothing but a mankini. The ordeal gave him shingles.

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