Artist sets up fictitious web page offering babies for rent

The police is investigating an artist who set up a fictitious web-page offering babies for rent. Jana Štepánová who set up the rent-a-baby.cz web site said she was only trying to draw attention to problematic child adoptions. The police started investigating the case after the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs filed charges of child-trafficking against her. If found guilty she would face up to five years in prison. Mz Štepánová says the charges are ridiculous since the page is obviously intended as a provocation, but the ministry claims it looks far too realistic.