YouTubers causing monkeys to attack tourists at Cambodia's Angkor Wat

Tourists taking photographs of macaque monkeys at the Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province. — Photo: TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP

Wild monkeys egged on by YouTubers have been rampaging at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat complex, attacking tourists, wrecking temple stonework and damaging information boards, officials said Wednesday.

The agency that runs the UNESCO-listed site warned visitors to steer clear of the growing gangs of "aggressive" macaques that live around the sprawling complex of ruins and have been biting tourists.