The astonishing video shows a wild macaque breaking into a man’s home and eating an apple while the owner snoozed on the couch.

Surveillance camera footage captured in the city of Guiyang, in China’s south-western province of Guizhou, depicted the naughty animal standing on top of the TV cabinet and munching on an apple at around 5pm on 10th March.

It then moved from the cabinet to an armchair, before hopping on top of a desk in the room where it found a bag of cherries. At the same time, a man, seemingly the owner, can be seen peacefully sleeping on the couch.

Just moments later it can be seen jumping from the desk and fleeing the house, after hearing a noise coming from the neighbouring rooms.

The clip then depicted a young woman entering the living room and heading in the same direction as the monkey.

The recording triggered an avalanche of comments after it was shared on China’s version of TikTok, Douyin, later that day.

Douyin user ‘Jane’ said: “I want to know why the monkey came to the house.”

Then user ‘Lolo’ commented: “Does it know that cherries are expensive? It seems like it likes the cherries.”

And ‘Laffey’ added: “What’s next? Hahaha.”