  We propose a model where the anapole appears as a hidden photon that is
coupled to visible matter through a kinetic mixing. For low momentum $|{\bf p}|
\ll M$ where $M$ is the cutoff the model (soft hidden photons limit) is reduced
to the Ho-Scherrer description. We show that the hidden gauge boson is stable
and therefore the hidden photons, indeed, are candidates for dark matter. Our
approach shows that anapole and kinetic mixing terms are equivalent
descriptions seen from different scales of energy.
