A South Korean football club has copped a six-figure fine for putting sex dolls in empty seats during a match last weekend.
FC Seoul have been handed a NZ$130,000 fine for the scandal where they used the adult toys in an attempt to simulate spectators in the stands of their empty stadium.
The club expressed its "sincere remorse" as public backlash intensified but initially said it believed it was using regular mannequins — not "adult products" — to mimic a home crowd.
About 25 mannequins, supplied by a local company and dressed in FC Seoul colours, were quickly identified as sex dolls by logos that seemingly referenced the name of an adult toy manufacturer.
Such advertising is in breach of the competition's rules, and K-League officials referred the matter to a disciplinary committee who quickly imposed the large fine.
[Source: TVNZ/Associated Press]
