A river turned into an eerie blood red cooler due to severe water pollution in Indonesia’s tourist destination island of Bali.

Tukad Mati river’s water changed into an eerie shade of red on April 7 as chemicals, reportedly from leaky pipes of a local business that contaminated it.

The business in question has been temporarily closed while its owner, a man from Banyuwangi named Sumadi, was arrested. Suwadi claimed that his business used a waste management system, but some of the pipes were allegedly damaged, leading to the river's pollution.

Prior to turning red, the river had also previously been dyed green, prompting locals to report the situation to environmental authorities.

IB Putra Wirabawa, chief of the Denpasar Environmental Affairs Agency, confirmed the incident, saying: 'The cause is a screen printing or dyeing business that throws waste away carelessly.'

Sumadi appeared in the Denpasar District Court on April 13, where magistrates fined him 2.5 million Rp (about 174 USD).

The panel of judges said: 'The defendant Sumadi was sentenced to Rp. 2.5 million, with the provision that if the sentence was not paid, it would be replaced by a seven-day imprisonment.'

Sumadi, speaking to local media, said he accepts the consequences of his actions, but declined to further comment on the incident.