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Sick TV jokers left an actress in tears after convincing her she'd been taken hostage by ISIS.

A clip from an Egyptian television programme appears to show Heba Magdi in floods of tears and fearing for her life as 'terrorists' wave guns and set off 'explosions'.

The video that has been posted online shows Magdi being forced to speak in front of a camera while terrorists hoist a black ISIS flag behind her.

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Many of the men have their faces covered by balaclavas while others walk around the room armed with weapons.

Poor Magdi is seen crying out in terror and covering her face as one man points what looks like a small machine gun at her head.

And hidden cameras capture the cruel prank as she pleads for her life.

At one point another man walks into the room with a ' suicide vest ' and tries to put it on the actress as she screams out in terror while appearing to hide behind a chair.

The room then descends into chaos as it is knocked from the man's hand and the people in the room scatter.

Shouts and more screams can be heard as ' explosions ' go off in the room with Magdi running from one side of the room to the other.

Eventually, one of the men sits down with the actress on a sofa and explains that she has been part of an elaborate prank.

Heba is a popular Egyptian actress with 2.3m followers on Instagram and more than two million likes on Facebook.