Awkward moment serial prankster’s joke spectacularly backfires after posing as a statue and trying to scare Adelaide shoppers

Wild footage has captured the moment a serial prankster’s prank backfired spectacularly after he was kicked in the head while pretending to be a statue.

The Australian prankster, known online as Shah Vlog, was disguised as a statue as he sat on a bench at Rundle Mall in Adelaide, South Australia.

Shah Vlog has developed a cult following on social media for his pranks in which he scares unsuspecting adults and children by pretending to be a statue or a bush.

However, his statue prank went horribly wrong when a passerby casually walked up to him and kicked him in the head.

The prankster shared a compilation video with TikTok on Wednesday shows the reactions of shoppers at Rundle Mall, including the immediately contrite man.

The video showed the man approaching the prankster with his phone in one hand and a bag of food in the other, before leaning back and kicking him in the head.

The man immediately regretted his actions after discovering that the statue was indeed a person.

Shah Vlog stood up and approached the man who immediately started apologizing for kicking him.

‘Oh f***, oh s***, I thought you were a statue. I’m very sorry. I’m so sorry,” the man said.

Social media users condemned the man for his actions, with many claiming that kicking public property was wrong.

“Even if that’s a statue, you’re not allowed to kick it,” someone commented.

‘But why would you do that at all? Just ruin a property for fun? I don’t think he ever did that again,” a second added.

“But why are you an adult and kicking a statue like you’re ten years old? Make sure it makes sense. Smh,” a third person chimed in.

A fourth added: ‘Great that he was so apologetic but honestly why would you do that in the first place? People have no respect for anything.”

Shah Vlog’s statue prank went horribly wrong when a man approached him and kicked him in the head (photo)

Some suggested the man was aware the statue was a person and filmed him kicking him in the head.

“That sob knew, look at his smile before he kicks,” someone commented.

‘He was sure. Mans had his camera all ready,” wrote a second.

A third added: “The fact he made a video of it, he knew.”

Others defended the man, claiming his genuine reaction showed he didn’t know the statue was a person.

Shah Vlog has 28,800 subscribers on YouTube and almost 380,000 combined followers on Instagram and TikTok.