The man behind an anti-Muslim film that sparked widespread violence in the Middle East has denied violating his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction.

The man behind the anti-Islamic video that inflamed parts of the Middle East has been arrested for breaking terms of his probation, authorities in California said.

The provocative anti-Muslim film implicated in mob protests in Egypt, Libya and Yemen received logistical help from a man once convicted of financial crimes and featured actors who complained that their inflammatory dialogue was dubbed in after filming.

The man who made the anti-Muslim film that enraged parts of the Islamic world has gone into hiding.

The US ambassador to Libya and three guards have been killed by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam’s Prophet Mohammed.