Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) has dropped its charges against an actor who appeared nude in photographs featured in an exhibition last year at the Bank Indonesia Museum, Central Jakarta.

"Anjasmara (the actor) has approached the FPI to apologize," FPI lawyer Sugito said after filing the request to drop the charges Monday.

He said Anjasmara was not paid for the photos, which he was told were not for public display. Anjasmara said that, though it appeared that way, he was not totally naked in the pictures.

He was charged with religious blasphemy after the FPI said the photos depicted Adam and Eve. FPI head Habib Riziq Shihab said Monday he was ready to testify to lighten the charges against Anjasmara.

However, the FPI will not drop its charges against five other people involved in the photos, including the photographer, the museum's curator and the exhibition organizer. "They have not asked the FPI for forgiveness or shown any goodwill," Sugito said.