+CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN BLEEPED. ORIGINAL AVAILABLE ON REQUEST+<br /><br />A Peterborough man tries to cash out a fake cheque at a Barclays bank after being set up by his friends.<br /><br />The footage, captured yesterday (February 19), shows the man heading to the bank carrying the big fake cheque that his friends gave him as a present.<br /><br />The man then enters the bank and hands over the cheque to a bank worker, seemingly oblivious to the fact the one he has been given is fake.<br /><br />The stunned bank worker tells him it can't be cashed because it is fake. <br /><br />At that moment, the man realises he has been pranked by his pals and laughs out loud. <br /><br />The filmer later wrote online: ’’So we raised £1,400 for our friend to contribute to a lifelong dream of motorbike racing.’’<br /><br />‘’We then told him he had to pay the 'cheque' into the bank.<br /><br />‘’Even though he doesn’t bank with Barclays he still went along with it as we were very convincing.<br /><br />‘’It was comedy gold.’’
