[WATCH] Monkey creates distraction, ‘steals’ Rs 10,000

There is no business like monkey business. Like a scene straight out of a favorite animated film, this monkey knack for mischief and stealing outwits the store manager in India and successfully steals Rs 10, 000 right out of his cash register.

The monkey, first throws a fruit inside the jewellery store to create a distraction, and in the pretext of reclaiming the fruit jumps on the cash register and dashes out with a currency bundle worth Rs 10,000 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, reports Hindustan Times.

The incident was recorded by the shop's CCTV cameras. The video was widely shared on social media on Sunday.

"The monkey threw a guava inside the shop. Then it entered the stores in the pretext of taking back the fruit. We threw the fruit back but it entered the shop anyway," the shop owner told ANI.

Once inside the shop, the monkey lost interest in reclaiming the fruit and advanced towards the cash drawers.

"It first attacked a worker but he escaped. It sat for almost 20 minutes in the store and then it opened the drawer in the cash counter and took away Rs 10,000 cash," the shop owner added.

Monkeys, who are revered in India, often trash gardens, offices, residential rooftops and even attack people viciously for food.

Weeks back, it was rumored that money was falling from the skies in a temple in Vrindavan. Later, it was discovered, that a monkey had grabbed a devotee's purse and was spilling currency notes from top of a tree.

Some months back, the residents of a colony in Mumbai, captured a thieving monkey and caged it, as it had been causing nuisance for over six months, including stealing food and tearing up pillows that were on sale in one of the colony's shops.

Source: Hindustan Times