This is the terrifying moment a 'fake' iPhone battery explodes in a man's mouth when he bites it to check whether it is real.
The customer asked to inspect the used battery at a second-hand market somewhere in China, but for some reason he puts it to his mouth.
The lithium batteries found in some smartphones cannot be removed by users and the gadgets have to be carefully taken apart by technicians to reveal them.
A customer asked to inspect a used battery at a second-hand market somewhere in China, but for some reason he puts it to his mouth
Sellers of second-hand phones have also been known to swap out original batteries for cheaper quality variants.
Bizarrely the dubious customer, who was accompanied by a female, decided that biting it would prove whether it was real or fake.
The short clip shows him putting the battery between his teeth and chomping on it, causing the device to burst into flames in his mouth.
The short clip shows him putting the battery between his teeth and chomping on it (left). everybody flinches backwards as the device explodes (right)
He throws it in front of him and stands shocked as others in the marketplace flinch backwards.
Nobody was injured in the freak accident, despite there being at least five people in close vicinity to the device, according to reports.
It is still unclear what caused the battery to explode.