A shameless couple sparked outrage in Myanmar by filming themselves having sex at a sacred Buddhist temple and posting it on PornHub.

The pair stripped off in broad daylight at a pagoda in the ancient city of Bagan, the country's best-known tourist destination and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The amateur porn stars, both aged 23, posted the 12-minute video on the X-rated website under their profile name 'YeeesYeeesYeees' where they describe themselves as a 23-year-old Italian couple with piercings and tattoos.

The woman performs a sex act on the man as he pans round to show the pagoda in the background in the 12-minute video posted on the X-rated website PornHub

It had been viewed nearly 250,000 times but clocked up more than 5,500 dislikes compared to just over 2,200 likes by Thursday evening local time.

Locals reacted angrily online.

'Our Bagan pagodas are The Holy Land,' wrote Mg Khin Gyi on Facebook with multiple angry emojis.

A pagoda in Bagan, the ancient temple city in Myanmar where a couple filmed a porn video (file photo)

According to the site, the pair boasts more than 81,000 subscribers and over 35 million views of their 17 videos since they joined 11 months ago.

They say on their profile: 'We're a fun couple, down to earth and open to trying all sorts of new things! We're here to have fun with you!!!'

The title of the video is, 'Don't get offended by this huge c**shot outdoors,' and the camera pans round to show the pagoda in the background.

Managing Director of New Fantastic Asia tour company, Tun Tun Naing, questioned what seemed to be 'negligent' security at Bagan's sites and called for action.

Mandalay chairman of the Union of Myanmar Travel Association Myo Yee added his voice to the rising clamour, saying the case was bad news for an industry hit hard by coronavirus woes.

'It's a difficult time for us because not many tourists are coming here,' he told AFP.