A wild monkey terrorises a schoolgirl and her sisters at a second-hand store in Thailand.

CCTV footage shows the macaque scaring the siblings and their cat as they rampaged through their mum's shop in Phetchaburi province, Thailand, on May 20.

The girl in uniform, Jane, 13, grabbed her chair and tried to scare the first macaque that entered while her older sister, Lita, 16, armed herself with an umbrella.

However, both girls backed away as the primates refused to leave. The monkey hopped up the table where assorted goods were sitting before the eldest of the girls, Jin, 17, threw an object on it.

Their mum Louiza Beloucif said: ‘The girls were my daughters. The monkeys might have come from the temple near our shop.

‘That was not the first time they came and caused damage. I'm really annoyed and tired.'

Finally, when Jin hit the monkey with a basket, the animal was scared, leaving the girls in peace.

No one was hurt among them, including the monkey, which was unharmed, but some of their items for sale were broken due to the commotion.

Thailand's growing population of primates has become a problem. The animals are known to damage property, such as cars and buildings. Unafraid of the consequences, they have also started stealing food from tourists and locals.

Many provincial governments in Thailand have been lobbying for the removal of crab-eating macaques from the country's list of protected wildlife. The legal protections have been hampering efforts to curb the pillaging simians' ballooning numbers.

Meanwhile, the Thai government is taking steps to manage the monkey population in the country, including creating sanctuaries and mass sterilisation programs, educating the public on how to handle the animals properly, and relocating them to more suitable habitats.