A playful boy accidentally destroyed their television when he punched the monitor to fist bump with an anime character.

The youngster Nong Night, 8, was watching his favourite hero show when the incident happened in their living room in Lopburi province on December 26.

Nong Night appeared to have been carried away by the opening song animation and punched on the appliance before line streaks appeared in the damaged appliance.

CCTV footage shows the boy touching his closed fist on the monitor before it broke.

Mum Kanyarat Khanti said: ‘The screen cracked and broke. I think he didn't mean to do it.'

The boy turned the tv on and off, but the lines remained. Kanyarat added they would have the tv repaired, and the boy had already apologised.

She said: ‘I told him to be more careful next time, so it doesn't happen again.'