Facebook, the popular social networking Web site, is threatening action against a Sydney jeweler for uploading pictures of nude porcelain dolls posing. Victoria Buckley owns of a jewelry store in the Strand Arcade on George Street. She has long used dolls as inspiration for her pieces and has yet to receive to a complaint about posters of nude dolls in her shop window.

Online, it is a different story. She received six warnings from Facebook about the pictures of the dolls. The photos, which show the doll's bare beasts, was said to be "inappropriate content" and was in breach of the site's terms of service.

In the warnings, Facebook said that it would remove the images. Buckley is worried she will be banned from the site if she attempts to post the images again.

It comes after the site incurred the wrath of mothers all over the world by banning breastfeeding photos, calling such shots "obscene content". Facebook has also been criticized for banning images of a British woman's mastectomy scars. The woman published the photos on the site to raise awareness about breast cancer.

The dolls in the photos aren't just regular Barbies. They are expensive porcelain figures. The dolls were designed by Marina Bychkova of Enchanted Doll in Canada. Those who are interested in buying have to wait two to three years. The dolls cost anywhere between $5000 to $45,000.

Due to the warnings, Buckley has since censored the images of the dolls on her Facebook page. Nonetheless, she continues to fight, she has posted the uncensored versions on a group page called "Save Ophelia - exquisite doll censored by Facebook".

Buckley wants to gauge Facebook's response to the images being posted on the new group. If all goes well, she may put the uncensored version back on her own fan page.

While Facebook is quick to respond to indecent photos on its site, it has been criticized by law enforcement agencies for its slow action regarding criminal issues. The Australian Federal Police says that the Web site's lack of cooperation hampers police investigations and puts lives at risk.