Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas has been forced to put a Nicki Minaj waxwork under guard and fence it off after photos of people taking explicit selfies with the model emerged.

They were forced to take action after being made aware of a number of photos appeared on Instagram, one of which shows a guest 'behaving so inappropriately', they were forced to take action.

The photo which is believed to have prompted action from Madame Tussauds shows a man kneeling behind the singer in what looks like a sexual position with a hand on her hip.

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The waxwork is modelled around singer crawling on all fours in skimpy clothing as she does in the video for the song Anaconda. Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas has been forced to take action after photos of guests posing 'inappropriately' with the suggestive Nicki Minaj waxwork emerged

The singer has posted two of the pictures posted by guests who are touching the model - one of a man with his hand on her buttox, pictured, and the group shot of the women, below

In one photo, a group of women surround the waxwork with their hands in various inappropriate places, with one holding her breasts and another with her tongue out near the model's behind

Another photo shows a man with his tongue in her face, holding the model's arms as she crawls on all fours in the exhibition

One photo, above, which is believed to have prompted the action shows a man kneeling behind the singer in what looks like a sexual position with a hand on her hip

Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas issued the statement after being made aware of photos of people defiling the model were posted on Instagram

The waxwork is modelled around singer crawling on all fours in skimpy clothing as she does in the video for the song Anaconda.

But the salacious pose has inspired a number of people to post photos of themselves in shocking poses next to it.

Another photo shows a man with his tongue in her face.

In one photo, a group of women surround the waxwork with their hands in various inappropriate places, with one holding her breasts and another with her tongue out near the model's behind.

The model caused some controversy when it was unveiled because of its raunchy position.

The salacious pose has inspired a number of people to post photos of themselves in shocking poses next to it

Several backup dancers surrounded the wax version of Nicki when it was unveiled at Madam Tussauds

It was a perfect likeness to the dancers' positioning and the display's background, which mimicked the famous images in the video (above) for Anaconda

The provocative clothing and pose were lifted straight from Nicki's 2014 Anaconda video but the choice of what was portrayed has attracted criticism

Nicki Minaj was excited about having her waxwork unveiled, posting a video of it to her Instagram followers that got more than 300,000 likes.

She has even posted two of the pictures posted by guests who are touching the model - one of a man with his hand on her buttox and the group shot of the women.

Although the model drew some criticism from others.

Fellow singer Azealia Banks criticised the choice in Twitter, writing: 'As much as that woman has accomplished, they had to put her on all fours... Why not standing up with a mic in her hand?

'All people are gonna do is go up to that statue and take pictures shoving their crotch in her face and putting their crotch on her butt.'

The singer believes it is a sign of how black people are treated by the media, and used the phrase 'white people yo'.

Fellow singer Azealia Banks criticised the choice in Twitter, writing: 'As much as that woman has accomplished, they had to put her on all fours... Why not standing up with a mic in her hand?'

Banks seems to have predicted what would happen when people visited the museum with a post on Twitter

The inappropriate pictures, which have been plastered all over social media, have also gained criticism for a similar reason

One user wrote: 'They just making a mockery outta black woman I'm sick of it. Outta all poses they choose this to represent Nicki'

The inappropriate pictures, which have been plastered all over social media, have also gained criticism for a similar reason.

One user wrote: 'They just making a mockery outta black woman I'm sick of it. Outta all poses they choose this to represent Nicki.'

Madame Tussauds has now apologised, saying: 'Madame Tussauds attractions are interactive, immersive experiences, and out guests are usually respectful towards the wax figures.

'It's unfortunate that this visitor chose to behave so inappropriately and we apologise for any offence caused.

'We do have staff monitoring guest behaviour in the attraction and do our utmost to ensure the wax figures are treated respectfully, but on this occasion, clearly one of our hosts was not present.