LAKELAND, Fla. -- Fourteen men, including a worker at Disney's Animal Kingdom, were arrested Thursday in an undercover child pornography investigation in Polk County.

All of the men face charges of possession of and distributing child pornography.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said more than 21,000 images and movies of child porn and more than 20,000 images of child erotica were uncovered in the month-long investigation, which was dubbed "Operation Protector."

Sheriff's detectives said the children were mostly boys from the ages of 2 to 12 years old.

Deputies said many of the arrestees knew each other and exchanged images with each other, leading to more arrests.

Paul Fazio, the Animal Kingdom employee who worked in a gift shop at the park, has been placed on unpaid leave pending the outcome of the investigation, according to a Disney spokesperson.

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