A Japanese man is facing a two-year prison sentence for secretly filming 1,000 women bathing in several hot springs using cameras embedded in fake rocks.
The unidentified 31-year-old man from Fukushima prefecture was arrested in May after the hidden camera was discovered by one of the women at a hot spring in Yamagata prefecture.
She noticed strange reflections in a rock and realised it had a spy camera embedded in it, Japanese media outlet TBS News Dig reported.
The police retrieved the man-made rock after receiving the woman’s report and later arrested the perpetrator when he came looking for the camera.
He admitted to purchasing a telelens online and crafting a realistic rock structure using clay and brown plastic to conceal a hidden camera. To disguise the camera’s cable, he wrapped it in brown tape and connected it to a power bank.