A TOURIST became a victim of instant karma when he tried to push a monkey into a pond for a laugh.

The prankster was left with scrapes and scratches on his hands and face when the animal chased him down and attacked him.

A video of the incident, at the Xitian Temple in Dehua County, in east China’s Fujian Province, shows the man approaching the unsuspecting monkey, which is sitting on a railing next to water at the tourist hotspot.

The man shoves it and sends it flying over the edge, but the monkey quickly gets back on its feet and chases the tourist around the compound.

The film shows more monkeys joining in the attack before tourists drove them away.

The victim later shared a photo online of his injuries.