Liam Payne's Facebook page has been hacked with pornographic photographs.

Cheryl and Liam Payne

Cheryl and Liam Payne

The social media account of the 23-year-old star was hacked, leading to it being flooded with a series of bizarre posts, including X-rated images.

One of the racy images linked to a story named: "Things that can happen to you when you don't have sex."

Another sex-related story was named the "10 best positions you didn't know", which appeared alongside the words "Try it..." as though it was written by Liam.

The incident comes a couple of months after Liam's girlfriend, Cheryl, was also the victim of a cyber-hacking.

The 33-year-old beauty - who is rumoured to be pregnant with Liam's child - saw her Instagram account hacked, with the perpetrator posting messages like: "F**k Liam Payne (sic)."

The hack also led to satanic images appearing on Cheryl's account, with one caption reading: "HAIL SATAN 666 B***H THATS WHAT WE DO (sic)"

Over the weekend, meanwhile, Liam made the decision to follow Cheryl on Instagram.

The former Girls Aloud star is, in fact, the only person Liam follows out of the 11.9 million people who track his activities on the social media platform.

Liam and Cheryl have both remained tight-lipped about reports claiming the brunette beauty is expecting her first child.

But it has been claimed that Cheryl is preparing to lean on her family for support around the birth because Liam has work commitments in Los Angeles.

An insider said: "Liam is doing what he can to make sure he spends as much time as possible with Cheryl before and after the birth, but some commitments can't be changed. Luckily Cheryl has an incredibly supportive family, who will rally round if they are needed.

"They will also be helping her and Liam after the birth, as Cheryl is saying she doesn't want to get a nanny."