A celibate Buddhist monk has been cleared of trying to pick up a policewoman who was posing as a prostitute.
Hoa Trung Nguyen, 47, from the Phap Bao Temple in Sydney, was convicted of soliciting last year.
He maintained he asked the woman how much she charged out of human curiosity.
And he has now been acquitted on appeal by Campbell District Court.
His solicitor Quang Nguyen said his client was "extremely relieved" to have been proved innocent.