text: Borat was an eye-opening film in many ways, but there were two things in particular that it really helped put on the map: Kazakhstan and the mankini. 
   
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   Last week, though, a combination of those two things led to some issues for visiting tourists. 
   
   Six men from the Czech Republic were arrested and fined for "minor hooliganism" after they wore Borat's favourite piece of beachwear while visiting Kazakhstan, reported the BBC. 
   
   They were fined 22,500 Tenge ($67.7) each. 
   
   Well, word of their plight eventually made it back to the man behind Borat himself, Sacha Baron Cohen. And in the early hours of Tuesday morning, he came to their rescue with a Facebook post: 
   
   "To my Czech mates who were arrested," reads the statement. "Send me your details and proof that it was you, and I'll pay your fine." 
   
   The contact email is the crowning touch: arrestedforwearingyourmankini@gmail.com. 
   
   Mashable has reached out to Cohen's representatives for an update. ||||| Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Borat arrives in London in 2006, for the premiere of his film 
   
   Sacha Baron Cohen has offered to pay fines for six Czech tourists who were arrested in Kazakhstan for wearing nothing but 'Borat'-inspired mankinis. 
   
   The group had posed for photos in the capital city of Astana. 
   
   On 14 November, local media reported the tourists had been fined 22,500 tenge ($67; £51) each for their "indecent" appearance. 
   
   The notorious one-piece was made famous by the English actor's character, Borat, a fictional Kazakh TV presenter. 
   
   "To my Czech mates who were arrested. Send me your details and proof that it was you, and I'll pay your fine," the comedian wrote on Facebook. 
   
   Image copyright informburo.kz Image caption The Czech men were detained for "minor hooliganism" after posing in freezing temperatures 
   
   There has been a mixed response to the incident from Kazakh social media users. 
   
   "They [Czechs] should have been jailed for a year. Then others would have drawn lessons!!!" Facebook user Bulat Sapargaliyevich said. 
   
   "Where are the men of Astana? This man [Baron Cohen] should be detained, his hands and legs should be tied up and then he should be dragged on the streets!" Bek Zhanturin added. 
   
   Others were more sympathetic. 
   
   "Good job, Sacha Baron Cohen! He is alone doing more than our entire PR ragtag team does to promote the trademark of Kazakhstan," Kazakh blogger Askar Japarov said. 
   
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   Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sacha Baron Cohen as Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev 
   
   Baron Cohen's comedy film Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, follows the character of Borat Sagdiyev as he travels to the US to make a documentary. 
   
   The film earned the actor a Golden Globe award but also attracted controversy. 
   
   Kazakhstan banned the film and sales of the DVD and the authorities threatened to sue him. 
   
   But in 2012, the Kazakh foreign minister publicly thanked Baron Cohen for boosting tourism in the central Asian state. 
   
   Mankinis could get you in trouble closer to home too. 
   
   In 2012, mankinis and other "inappropriate clothing" were banned in Newquay in a bid to reduce crime and shed the Cornish seaside town's stag party reputation.
target: – If you do the crime, you gotta pay the fine. Unless you're a huge Borat fan and the actor who plays him happens to get wind of your overseas transgression. Such is the fate of a half-dozen Czech tourists, who were detained earlier this month for running around the Kazakh capital of Astana, sporting the barely-there swimsuits known as "mankinis" made famous by Baron Cohen's alter ego. Late Monday, the actor took to social media to show his appreciation (or guilt?) for their stunt. "To my Czech mates who were arrested. Send me your details and proof that it was you, and I'll pay your fine," he posted on Facebook. Per the BBC, local media note the fine for each "indecent" mankini perp was $67. The email Baron Cohen provided (arrestedforwearingyourmankini@gmail.com) appears to be a working one—or at least, it isn't getting bounced back as of this writing. Mashable promises to stay on top of the story for updates.