TikTokers imitate the mobile game Temple Run at Angkor Wat temple and are criticized by experts.
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TikTokers are being criticized for running around Angkor Wat temple as part of a new trend. Content creators are imitating the game Temple Run and running through the UNESCO World Heritage site.
Temple Run was released in 2013 and involves escaping from a monster while the character runs through a temple. The trend encourages influencers to run around Angkor Wat as if they were in the game.
A video filmed by TikToker “unemplyedginge” shows her running, jumping, and holding onto the walls of the World Heritage site.
The new TikTok trend is warning experts about the risks to the world’s largest religious temple.
Conservationist Simon Warrack told South China Morning that he was outraged by the new trend. “You wouldn’t run around St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome or any Western church, so why is it acceptable to do it in Cambodia?” he protested.
Photos and video: TikTok @unemplyedginge. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
