Liz Hurley inadvertently got her director arrested in the early days of her career, according to a report on the Female First website.

Hurley was apparently touring the Middle East, performing in a play directed by Leslie Phillips. However, she landed him in hot water when she forgot about anti-nudity laws while sunbathing in the United Arab Emirates.

The director and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider actor is quoted by the website as saying, "I was directing a play and she auditioned for me, and she hadn't done a thing, just some modelling. I took that play all over the Middle East and you should have seen how the Arabs revered her.

"Only shame was I never got to sleep with her. Problem was there was always too much of a queue!

"Mind you I did get arrested - because she went to a beach and took her clothes off. I got arrested because the police said that, as the director of the play, I was responsible for her.

"I told them if I'd known that was what she'd been doing, I'd have been on the beach with her."