An Argentinian couple were recently arrested for making love outside a mayor's office in broad daylight.

The man and woman, in their mid-30s, were having sex in a completely nude state on a bench by the Nahuel Huapi river in Bariloche, and when cops arrived to arrest them, they shocked them further, by asking the officers to let them finish what they were doing.

A crowd gathered and cheered the couple on, but the Mayor of Bariloche said he was shocked by the spectacle.

Not ashamed of the incident, the woman concerned told police that she had always fantasised about having sex outside the mayor's office while politicians were working inside.

"They are otherwise two very respectable citizens but they told us they had this urge to have sex in public and that it was very strong and they couldn't control it," a police spokesperson was quoted as saying.