Police are continuing to flip-flop over the Peterporn scandal, reversing an earlier position that eight people had been arrested for uploading the pornographic videos featuring Indonesian celebrities on to the Internet.

Brig. Gen. Zainuri Lubis, deputy spokesman for the National Police, said on Wednesday that there had been a "misunderstanding" and the eight people were still classified as witnesses.

On Monday, Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi, National Police chief of detectives, said the police had laid charges against eight people accused of uploading the sex tapes, which allegedly star Peterpan frontman Nazriel "Ariel" Irham, Luna Maya and Cut Tari.

"We are still searching for the missing link. How did the suspects get hold of the tapes? What was the process? That's what we're still investigating," Ito said.

A day later, he claimed that police had also discovered the identity of the person who first uploaded the raunchy videos, identifying the person as "K."

Police had also previously claimed to have made arrests in relation to the distribution of the videos.

Police have only charged Ariel in relation to the case and a month after the case broke, still do not seem to be able to arrive at a conclusion as to whether to charge Luna or Cut Tari.