http://www.skyarts.co.uk/ Sky Arts' television channels offer a distinctive mix of rock, jazz, classical and world music, opera, dance, drama and literature, film, architecture and design programming. Sky Arts 1, Sky Arts 2 and Sky Arts HD are available in millions of Sky homes in the UK and Republic of Ireland. pl_images/A.jpg It takes a brave man to be the first to get naked, and that man was plinther Eric Page on day 23. Raising awareness about HIV, he certainly knew how to grab people's attention. pl_images/A.jpg The first instance of partial nudity was on day 13 when artist Sarah Burden paid homage to Antony Gormley's Angel of the North with some topless body painting. pl_images/A.jpg Naked body painting, why not give it a whirl in the privacy of your own home? pl_images/A.jpg This plinther was about to turn 50 and what better way to celebrate than removing his pants in the middle of London. Sadly the police didn't take kindly to his birthday suit and ordered him to cover up. pl_images/A.jpg Taking up a rocking horse to the plinth, our modern day Lady Godiva even managed to persuade some of the audience to remove their clothes. pl_images/A.jpg She certainly made a statement and successfully managed to get people join her naked crusade pl_images/A.jpg The theme was Lady Godiva pl_images/A.jpg ‘The day you ride a horse naked round town is the day I’ll stop putting up taxes’ said Mr Godiva to his upset lady wife. pl_images/A.jpg Paying homage to the classical nudes, one dedicated plinther posed as Rodin's 'The Thinker' for his hour. pl_images/A.jpg Several plinther's were told to cover up by the police pl_images/A.jpg This traffic stopping pole dancer proved to be the most popular plinther of them all... pl_images/A.jpg ...And some how managed to persuade some fiercesome officers of the law to let her carry on with her dancing. pl_images/A.jpg The Stringfellow's dancer was a hit online as well as the square, many extended their lunch breaks to see if the lovely lady would remove anything else. pl_images/A.jpg managing to even get good cop, bad cop, on her side. pl_images/A.jpg Plinther 2,284 was a homeless man that collected anything that was discarded by the plinth and took them up as his only props. He didn't find any clothes, so, he went without. pl_images/A.jpg The talcum powder went down a storm pl_images/A.jpg This 8 month pregnant plinther proudly donned a nude suit to show off her bump pl_images/A.jpg Proud, pregnant and naked - Alison Lapper was the inspiration for many of our nude plinthers pl_images/A.jpg Some plinthers were more creative than others in disguising their private parts...