MUSCAT — Lebanese director Saïd El Marouk has apologised for the appearance of an Omani passport in a scene in the Netflix horror series “Obsess”, following criticism from viewers who objected to its use in a sequence they associated with sorcery.

El Marouk described the passport’s inclusion as an unintended error and said the production team had submitted a revised version to Netflix, with the correction expected to appear on the platform within hours of his statement.

“I offer my sincere apologies for the unintended error,” he said in a statement posted on X.

The apology followed social media posts questioning why an Omani passport had been used in the Kuwaiti drama. Some viewers called for the scene’s removal, while others sought an explanation for the choice of document.

The director said the mistake had been addressed and renewed his apology. He did not explain how the passport had been selected or its intended role in the scene.

The criticism centred on a sequence in the fourth and final episode, according to media reports. El Marouk’s statement did not confirm whether the revised version was already available to viewers.

“Obsess”, titled “Al Nafs Al Mutma’inna” in Arabic, stars Haya Abdulsalam, Yaqoub Al Farhan and Laila Abdullah. The four-part series follows a man who returns to Kuwait after his father’s death and becomes drawn back into a relationship marked by obsession.