A video of a woman apparently being arrested for sitting on a bench was 'staged-managed' by anti-lockdown protesters, Dorset Police said.
Footage, which has been shared widely online, shows three police officers surrounding a woman in Bournemouth for allegedly leaving her house more than once in a day.
The clip then shows a woman being handcuffed and led away by officers as she repeatedly tells them: 'I was sitting on a bench'.
But police believe the video was 'planned, stage-managed and recorded' by members of an anti-lockdown protest group who were present in the town on Saturday.
The force said three people were arrested following the demonstrations, after refusing to give their details to officers who attempted to issue them with fines for breaching coronavirus regulations.