Naked City: Streaking Artist Finally Revealed

The mysterious streaker who has been photographed running across Beijing streets with items including a crucifix and a sex doll has been exposed as artist Li Binyuan, a graduate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Li seems to have revealed himself because although his midnight streaks through Wangjing have gone viral (NSFW), his claimed 10 dashes have only been recorded or posted six times. Let's face it: if you're a performance artist running naked through the streets of Beijing and surprised drivers only photographed or videoed you six times, that's just not enough exposure.

Also known for a 2010 series of videos featuring Li going through his morning bathroom routine on the Beijing Metro, Li clearly felt constrained by the traditional pedestrian streaking, taking his cross on the road while riding a black scooter, in some kind of modern-day Lord Godiva-meets-Jesus display.

The latest photos first came to light when a motorist snapped Li, naked and carrying a sex doll, sprinting across the street, with a similarly unclothed woman in apparent hot pursuit.

His identity revealed, Li said online that he's done, at least with showing himself off so completely.

View the NSFW images via Kotaku or Huffington Post. The latter incorrectly identifies the area as "Wingjing."

Photo by wuol.org.