Published: 18 March, 2009, 14:37
Edited: 18 March, 2009, 14:37
On Tuesday, the Milan stock exchange saw perhaps the chilliest ever protest action against the dull economic policy of the Italian government.
Actress Laura Perego, best known for her passionate performances in adult movies, walked onto the stock market floor, removed her black coat and revealed her body painted in the colours of the Italian flag; naked apart from some tiny underwear.
The 22-year-old Sicilian's symbolic protest was so she could accuse the country's magnates of “stripping Italians of everything but their underwear.”
“I want to send a message to all those who mismanaged our savings,” the actress exclaimed as several traders tried to make her put her coat back on.
She was then arrested and held in a police station for over an hour.
“Several officers complimented me and told me I was fighting for a just cause,” Italy's ANSA news agency quotes her saying on her release.