Footage has emerged from China of a man allegedly trying to a rob a woman at a cashpoint.

The video, filmed in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province on June 26, shows a man wearing a motorbike helmet hiding under the ATM machine.

An hour passes before a woman comes in, and the man appears to try and robher by running up to the booth as she's about to leave.

However, she wasn't actually taking money out, she was paying it in so had no cash to give the man.

He was later arrested by police.