A midstate man who was sunbathing in the buff in his backyard has been charged with indecent exposure after a neighbor complained.

West York Borough police said the arrest Wednesday was prompted by a phone call from a neighbor who complained that the man’s efforts to secure an all-over tan were disturbing her young daughter.

Police said the woman told officers, "I don't know what to do. I have children. I can't even let them out to play. I have to keep them inside."

She also showed the cops a picture on her cell phone of the sunbathing man with his buttocks exposed. She had taken the photo from her kitchen door, which overlooks the man’s backyard.

Police, who did not name sunbather, said they found the man in his yard, lying on a towel with his bare buttocks soaking in the sunlight.

“He explained he has been sunbathing nude for a week,” police said. “Due to children nearby the area, (he) was taken into custody.”