Bollywood model-actress-singer Sherlyn Chopra will be the first Indian to appear nude on the cover of Playboy magazine.

Though the publication is banned in conservative India, the 28-year-old isn't losing sleep over it for it's available on the Internet.

Chopra told BBC Hindi radio that she couldn't miss the opportunity of posing nude for the November issue of the world's most established adult magazine.

She revealed that she was the one who had written to Playboy, expressing her interest in appearing in the buff.

Indian media reported that the actress actually tweeted some behind-the-scenes photos from the nude photoshoot.

However, they were removed several hours later, but not before the pictures were captured and shared on media sites.

She also told a news daily that she is "proud to be the first Indian to do it (the Playboy shoot)".

This article was first published in The New Paper.