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A pornographic film was shot inside a Hungarian library with the apparent consent of library officials.

Media reports claim the library in Budapest gave permission for a local firm to rent a hall for the taking of "sensual photographs".

Authorities are also said to be examining claims that the top of an Hungarian army tank was used for similar purposes.

The library incident occured in 1995, but has only now come to light after the hardcore film appeared on an Hungarian internet porn site.

The Szabo Ervin Municipal Library in Budapest apparently made it clear it did not want the pictures to be used for publication in Hungary, reports local newspaper Magyar Hirlap.

Authorities are also investigating claims that a porn film was shot on top of a Hungarian military tank in 1997.

It is said similar incidents occured at the Festetics castle in 1996 and the Toldy Ferenc school in Budapest in 1999.