KUALA LUMPUR: BTS fans almost had a collective heart attack recently when they saw a picture of the popular K-Pop group's member, V, appearing in an article relating to the Seungri sex scandal that's currently hot news internationally.
What quickly followed was naturally outrage and lots of expressions of anger online towards the publisher.
According to Koreaboo, La Republica had published a story detailing the Korean celebrities who had been rumoured or confirmed to be linked to former BigBang member Suengri's titilating sex scandal.
Unfortunately, the newspaper based in Lima, Peru had mistakenly included a photo of V, whose real name is Kim Tae Hyung, in the lineup of stars for the article that was published last Thursday.
La Republica is apparently one of two of Peru's major national dailies with a country wide circulation.
Many fans of BTS or Army, who had seen the article, had also requested for the popular K-Pop group's agency, Big Hit Entertainment, to take action in order to prevent any unsavoury rumours that could potentially drag BTS into the sex scandal from starting.
One fan wrote: "I can’t believe a Peruvian news website uploaded Taehyung’s picture in the article about Seungri’s and other idols scandal in South Korea just for clickbait. I sincerely hope @BigHitEnt sues their asses and drag them into filth, cause what they did is just disgusting!"
Another wrote: "False Accusations and SLANDER please remove Kim Taehyung picture!! This is damaging to his reputation."
The offending photo has since been taken off the media outlet’s website, although some fans have stated that it can still be seen on its Facebook page.