KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — A Spanish tourist was pelted with water bottles and hurled with insults by an angry crowd after she trespassed a Mayan temple in Mexico.

Clad in a blue t-shirt and bright red tights, she was caught on camera ascending the steps of the Temple of Kukulcán, a former Mayan city in Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula which is off-limits to visitors.

According to New York Post, the Temple of Kukulcán in Chichén Itzá has been named one of the “New Seven Wonders of the World” by Unesco back in 2007.

In a now circulating TikTok video, the unidentified woman who ignored the rules of the temple was seen ‘dancing’ in celebration. Onlookers jeered her from below where some could be heard calling her a disrespectful visitor.

The crowd below also chanted “jail, jail, jail” and “lock her up” in Spanish in the background.

As she descended down the temple steps, the woman was met with the Mexican Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) officials along with an angry crowd.

Onlookers were heard calling the woman ‘stupid’ as some threw water bottles at her.

As she was escorted away by the authorities, someone knocked the woman’s hat off and yanked her hair.

According to portal ElPais, INAH revealed via a statement that the world heritage site monument did not suffer any damage.

The woman was handed over to the Ministry of Public Security, where she’s expected to face fines for her actions although no specified amount was quoted.

It was reported that the federal legislation could impose fines ranging from US$1,768 (RM8,085) to US$8,845 (RM40,450) for these offences.

According to records by INAH, Chichén Itzá was the most-visited archaeological site in Mexico from January to September, receiving over two million tourists so far this year.