diff --git a/src/functions.js b/src/functions.js
index 2c6ae16a..667d878a 100644
--- a/src/functions.js
+++ b/src/functions.js
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ const functions = (() => {
                     }
                 }
             }
-        } else if (input !== null && typeof input === 'object' && !isFunction(input)) {
+        } else if (input !== null && typeof input === 'object' && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(input, key) && !isFunction(input)) {
             result = input[key];
         }
         return result;
diff --git a/src/jsonata.js b/src/jsonata.js
index c21eb1e2..97e8be56 100644
--- a/src/jsonata.js
+++ b/src/jsonata.js
@@ -1293,13 +1293,6 @@ var jsonata = (function() {
                 }
                 for(var ii = 0; ii < matches.length; ii++) {
                     var match = matches[ii];
-                    if (match && (match.isPrototypeOf(result) || match instanceof Object.constructor)) {
-                        throw {
-                            code: "D1010",
-                            stack: (new Error()).stack,
-                            position: expr.position
-                        };
-                    }
                     // evaluate the update value for each match
                     var update = await evaluate(expr.update, match, environment);
                     // update must be an object
@@ -1989,7 +1982,6 @@ var jsonata = (function() {
         "T1007": "Attempted to partially apply a non-function. Did you mean ${{{token}}}?",
         "T1008": "Attempted to partially apply a non-function",
         "D1009": "Multiple key definitions evaluate to same key: {{value}}",
-        "D1010": "Attempted to access the Javascript object prototype", // Javascript specific 
         "T1010": "The matcher function argument passed to function {{token}} does not return the correct object structure",
         "T2001": "The left side of the {{token}} operator must evaluate to a number",
         "T2002": "The right side of the {{token}} operator must evaluate to a number",
diff --git a/test/implementation-tests.js b/test/implementation-tests.js
index 784d9b67..80ed604b 100644
--- a/test/implementation-tests.js
+++ b/test/implementation-tests.js
@@ -955,33 +955,45 @@ describe("Tests that are specific to a Javascript runtime", () => {
             });
         });
     });
-    describe("Expressions that attempt to pollute the object prototype", function() {
-        it("should throw an error with __proto__", async function() {
-            const expr = jsonata('{} ~> | __proto__ | {"is_admin": true} |');
+
+    describe("Expressions that attempt to access the object prototype", function() {
+        const data = {"foo": {"bar": "baz"}};
+        it("should ignore __proto__", async function() {
+            const expr = jsonata('foo.__proto__');
+            const result = await expr.evaluate(data);
+            expect(result).to.deep.equal(undefined);
+        });
+
+        it("should throw an error trying to invoke toString()", async function() {
+            const expr = jsonata('foo.toString()');
             expect(
-                expr.evaluate()
+                expr.evaluate(data)
             ).to.eventually.be.rejected.to.deep.contain({
-                position: 7,
-                code: "D1010",
+                position: 13,
+                code: "T1006",
             });
         });
+    });
+
+    describe("Expressions that attempt to pollute the object prototype", function() {
+        it("should ignore __proto__", async function() {
+            const expr = jsonata('{} ~> | __proto__ | {"is_admin": true} |');
+            const result = await expr.evaluate();
+            expect(result).to.deep.equal({});
+        });
         it("should throw an error with __lookupGetter__", async function() {
             const expr = jsonata('{} ~> | __lookupGetter__("__proto__")() | {"is_admin": true} |');
             expect(
                 expr.evaluate()
             ).to.eventually.be.rejected.to.deep.contain({
-                position: 7,
-                code: "D1010",
+                position: 25,
+                code: "T1006",
             });
         });
-        it("should throw an error with constructor", async function() {
+        it("should ignore constructor", async function() {
             const expr = jsonata('{} ~> | constructor | {"is_admin": true} |');
-            expect(
-                expr.evaluate()
-            ).to.eventually.be.rejected.to.deep.contain({
-                position: 7,
-                code: "D1010",
-            });
+            const result = await expr.evaluate();
+            expect(result).to.deep.equal({});
         });
     });
 });