This is the hilarious moment a driver's tuk tuk rolled away while he went to a cash machine.

The man pulled up outside the shop in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia, and walked over to the ATM to make a withdrawal.

But he forgot to apply the handbrake and the moment he stepped out of the vehicle it began to roll back down the small slope.

Two minutes later after the driver had finished checking his balance and withdrawing cash, he turned around to see his car had vanished.

CCTV from October 19 last year captured his confused reaction before he dashed into the street to try and find his white tuk tuk.

Shop owners later helped to solve the mystery when they played back the surveillance footage, so he could find out exactly what had happened.

The grocery store owner said: ''He ran into the shop in a panic because he thought someone had stolen his cab.

''At first we thought we would have to call the police but we checked the cameras and saw that it had rolled away.''

The vehicle was recovered around 50 metres from the shop after it had come to rest at the side of the road. Locals dragged it onto the pavement and kept it there until the driver turned up.

The business owner added: "This is one of the funniest moments we have ever seen at our shop. ''