A VIRAL video of a female cyclist lashing out at a van full of catcalling builders has gone viral - but has been revealed to be a fake.

The video shows a woman chasing the van and ripping off its wing mirror after one of the builders asked if she was "on her period" in central London.

6 The video went viral after the raging cyclist was seen tearing off the van's wing mirror - but was all as it seemed? Credit: Viral Thread

It was released by Shoreditch-based viral content firm Jungle Creations, co-owned by Jamie Bolding and Paul Bieboer.

The company has now launched an internal investigation into the bogus clip and released this statement: "It has come to our attention that a video distributed on our Facebook channel Viral Thread on 21st February 2017 may be factually incorrect.

"We rigorously vet all content received from third parties to ascertain its credibility, but unfortunately our usual high standards were not met on this video.

"We are committed to ensuring and protecting the integrity of content on our channels and we take matters of this nature extremely seriously.

"We’ve since started an internal investigation to make sure it doesn’t happen again."

"The video has now been removed from all Jungle Creations social media channels and we wholeheartedly apologise for confusion caused."

A witness has told The Sun that they saw a man giving instructions to actors before the scene was filmed by a motorcyclist on Monday.

Builder Scott Deane claimed to The Sun: "I was across the road having a break and I saw this very attractive girl with a bike talking to a blonde guy who was giving her instructions.

"Then three guys dressed in orange site clothes turned up in a van and the blonde bloke was giving them instructions too.

"He was telling the girl: 'You need to ride behind the van aggressively'.

6 The female cyclist was seen being apparently subjected to a barrage of sexist comments Credit: Viral Thread

6 After the woman appeared to be subjected to the harassment, she peddles furiously after the van to try and catch it Credit: Viral Thread

6 She is seen ripping the wing mirror from the van after enduring the onslaught of disrespectful comments Credit: Viral Thread

"They practised the scene two or three times with the motorbike riding behind them.

"You could see there was already damage to the wing mirror, it was loose.

"It was in front of Rada so I just assumed it might be something to do with them.

"I couldn't believe it when I saw the video online."

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Jungle Creations co-founder Paul Bieboer said the firm's involvement in the video was just to "receive the content".

He added: "It's a source we've never used before.

"We've never worked with them before. As a company we've known them for a few years but never really licensed videos from them."

6 The apparent exchange was claimed to be captured on a following moped riders helmet cam Credit: Viral Thread

6 The following motorcyclist sides with the cyclist Credit: Viral Thread

Asked to clarify what Jungle Creations do, Mr Bieboer said: "We create videos and viral content."

On the Jungle Creation website, the company says its "viral video concepts" are created by their "award-winning in-house team".

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