Posted: Fri., Mar. 9, 2007, 6:01pm PT

Kazakhs buying 'Borat' DVDs

Locals making DVD a best seller

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'Borat'

The Kazakh government may not like the representation of their nation in Fox's outrageous laffer "Borat" but their subjects are voting with their hard-earned tenge, making the "Borat" DVD the most ordered product from the U.K. arm of online retailer Amazon.

"With the controversy the film caused around the world, it seems residents of Kazakhstan are now desperate to see what all the fuss is about -- so much so that they are willing to pay the 505 Kazakhstani tenge ($4.80) charge to have the DVD delivered from the U.K.," said Rakhi Parekh, head of media at Amazon.co.uk.

The "Borat" DVD costs $27 from Amazon.co.uk. and trails only "The Queen" and "Casino Royale" in the bestseller charts, which are updated hourly. Actual sales figures were unavailable from Amazon.