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Beijing prosecutors say a man used an AI undress tool to forge about 7,000 nude images of women, including students and colleagues, and sold them to 351 buyers

Beijing police and the Haidian District People's Procuratorate, as reported by CCTV in June 2024 and again in July 2026, said a 24-year-old technician at an internet company used AI "one-click undress" software to make fake nude images from ordinary photos that customers sent him, advertising the service on an overseas social-media platform at 1.5 yuan an image. Prosecutors said that over a few months he made nearly 7,000 such images and sold them to 351 people, and that the women depicted included students, teachers and colleagues of the customers. The case came to light after a police report in Haidian district. The procuratorate charged him with spreading obscene material for profit and also filed a public-interest suit because the images infringed the rights of unspecified people. He admitted knowing the images could be used for extortion or to damage people's reputations. CCTV reported in July 2026 that in 2024 he was sentenced to three years in prison for making and selling obscene material for profit; the result of the public-interest suit is not reported in the sources read.

AI system
Unidentified image tool
Occurred
Event date unknown
Reported
18 June 2024
Event location
China
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or Abuse
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Privacy · Justice
Evidence
AI involvement supported · Causal attribution supported · 2 sources, 1 underlying account
6 claims: 6 reported. 4 open questions
People reported harmed
Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

AI system as recorded: AI "one-click undress" image software, not named in the reports, that redraws a clothed photo of a person as a fake nude image

What Happened

The images. According to Beijing police and Haidian prosecutors as reported by CCTV (relayed by New Yellow River in June 2024 and by Guangming Online in July 2026), a 24-year-old technician at an internet company advertised on an overseas social-media platform an "AI undress" service at 1.5 yuan an image; about 30,000 people viewed the advertisement. Customers sent him photos of colleagues, students, online influencers and celebrities over QQ, and he used the software to produce fake nude images within minutes. Prosecutors said that in a few months he made nearly 7,000 images, sold them to 351 people and made nearly 10,000 yuan, and that the women depicted included students, teachers and female colleagues. A Haidian prosecutor explained that such undress tools do not remove clothing but redraw the body as a fake image. He admitted he knew the images could be used for extortion or to damage reputations but did not stop.

The case. Police acted on a report that someone in a Haidian residential compound was spreading obscene images made with AI, and arrested him. The Haidian procuratorate charged him with spreading obscene material for profit and, because the images infringed the rights of unspecified people, also filed a public-interest suit.

Limits. The sources relay the procuratorate through CCTV; no indictment or judgment was inspected. CCTV reported in July 2026 that in 2024 he was sentenced to three years in prison for making and selling obscene material for profit; the dates of the images and the arrest and the result of the public-interest suit are not given. No depicted woman is described individually, and whether any was a minor is not reported.

Reported harm

According to Beijing prosecutors, a man used an AI undress tool to turn ordinary photos of women, including students, teachers and colleagues, into nearly 7,000 fake nude images that he sold to 351 buyers; he was charged, sued in the public interest and, CCTV reported, sentenced in 2024 to three years in prison.

Outcome

Resolved

The Haidian District People's Procuratorate charged him with spreading obscene material for profit and filed a public-interest suit (New Yellow River, June 2024, relaying CCTV). CCTV, carried by Guangming Online in July 2026, reported that in 2024 he was sentenced to three years in prison for making and selling obscene material for profit. The result of the public-interest suit is not reported in the sources read.

What remains unknown

  • When the images were made and when he was arrested and charged.
  • How many women were depicted and whether any were minors.
  • Which AI software was used.
  • The court and exact date of the 2024 sentence, and the result of the public-interest suit.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: supported. Haidian prosecutors, an examining party, said the man used AI one-click undress software to make fake nude images from customers' photos, and a Haidian prosecutor described such tools as redrawing the body rather than removing clothing. The generated images depicted the women in the photos (depicted_or_impersonated). The software is not named and the technical basis of the identification is not described.

6 claims: 6 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported Police acted on a report that someone in a Haidian residential compound was spreading obscene images made with AI and arrested a 24-year-old internet-company technician.

Causal attribution. Police account via CCTV.

  • jinantimes.com.cn(opens in new tab) supports · Chinese
    '前不久，北京警方接到报案，在海淀区某小区内，有人利用AI技术，传播淫秽图片'; '24岁的犯罪嫌疑人'
Reported Prosecutors said he used AI one-click undress software to make nearly 7,000 fake nude images and sold them at 1.5 yuan each to 351 people.

Causal attribution. Procuratorate account via CCTV, one chain.

Reported Prosecutors said the women depicted included students, teachers and colleagues of the customers who sent the photos.

Causal attribution. Procuratorate account; no individual victim is described.

Reported He admitted knowing the images could be used for extortion or to damage people's reputations but did not stop.

Causal attribution. His admission as relayed by the prosecutor.

  • m.gmw.cn(opens in new tab) supports · Chinese
    '他清楚这些图片可能被用于敲诈勒索、损害他人名誉等违法犯罪行为，但并未停止操作'
Reported The Haidian procuratorate charged him with spreading obscene material for profit and also filed a public-interest suit because the images infringed the rights of unspecified people.

Causal attribution. Procuratorate action as reported; the outcome is not reported.

Reported In 2024 he was sentenced to three years in prison for making and selling obscene material for profit.

Causal attribution. CCTV's July 2026 report carried by Guangming Online; the judgment was not inspected.

Sources

2 sources inspected, from 1 underlying account. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read in the original Chinese on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. New Yellow River report relaying CCTV and Hangzhou outlet Chengshi Hudong on the Haidian procuratorate's account; it also covers a separate Hangzhou case not used for this record. Applies to s1.

Read in the original Chinese on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Guangming Online carrying CCTV's July 2026 report quoting the Haidian prosecutor; same procuratorate account. Applies to s2.

Event countries: China. Affected-person countries: Unknown. Court countries: Unknown.

Beijing police acted on a report from a Haidian residential compound and the Haidian procuratorate charged him, so the event is placed in China. Where the depicted women and the buyers were is not reported, and no court ruling is reported.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-22: Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): Beijing prosecutors said a man used an AI undress tool to turn photos of women, including students, teachers and colleagues, into nearly 7,000 fake nude images that he sold, and charged him; CCTV later reported a three-year sentence in 2024. One reporting chain (procuratorate via CCTV), read in two Chinese sources.

People described

Women whose ordinary photos customers sent in, including students, teachers and the customers' colleagues; not counted in the reports

People reported harmed in this case

Not reliably quantifiable from the sources

Prosecutors say the images depicted many women, including students, teachers and colleagues, but give no count of people. The 7,000 images, 351 buyers and about 30,000 advertisement viewers are not harmed people.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#nudify#sexual-deepfakes#criminal-charges#public-interest-litigation#beijing#china

Cite this case

Compiled per our published methodology: verification statuses, sourcing standards, and corrections process.

APA

NOPE. (2026). Beijing prosecutors say a man used an AI undress tool to forge about 7,000 nude images of women, including students and colleagues, and sold them to 351 buyers. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2024-beijing-haidian-man-used-ai-undress-tool-to-forge-about-7000-nude-images-of-women-sold-to-351-buyers-prosecuted

BibTeX

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  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
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  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2024-beijing-haidian-man-used-ai-undress-tool-to-forge-about-7000-nude-images-of-women-sold-to-351-buyers-prosecuted}
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