Office workers pranked their colleague with what she thought was a moving animal inside a box - which turned out to be a wiggly toy.

The colleagues did a Secret Santa during their lunch break and handed MJ a box marked 'live animals' in Bataan, the Philippines.

Footage shows MJ receiving the parcel from her friend. It was trembling, which scared MJ, so she put it on a chair while the others urged her to open it.

When she laid her hands on the box, it shook once more, and she jerked away in fear.

She carefully tore the cover until the pink star toy was revealed, it was the same object she gave to a friend before the video was taken.

One of the office mates, R Dee Diones, said: 'The angry star toy was from me. I put a label on the gift saying live animals to make it more exciting.

'MJ thought there was something alive inside since the box was moving, but it was similar to the toy I received.

'It was the second year we did this, and we will continue it in the future.'

The office workers were doing 'Monito Monit,' a popular holiday tradition in the Philippines, similar to a Secret Santa gift exchange. The names Monito and Monita refer to the secret participants in the game.