Warsaw, capital of Poland, was recently in the midst of a controversy when organisers of an erotica festival announced a search for the woman who can carry out a sex act with as many men as possible.
Dubbed the 'Sexual World Championship', it evoked a strong adverse reaction from the city's mayor who immediately banned any such competition.
The four-day Eroticon festival opened on October 7 with defiant organisers insisting that they would go ahead and conduct the competition in secret.
Left: An image from the festival. Photograph: Wojtek Stein/AFP/Getty Images