Footage has emerged from China of two alleged thieves returning a stolen phone after a bus driver shouted at them to get them to give it back.

The video, captured in Zhengzhou, Henan Province last Saturday, appears to show two men working together to steal a female passenger's phone while she is getting on the bus.

When they steal the phone successfully and go to get off, the driver shouts at them and demands they give the phone back. They eventually agree and another man throws the phone back on board.