Residents in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore, beware! A bulb thief is on the prowl. A video has gone viral that shows a man in Coimbatore's Cheran ma Nagar stealing bulbs in the garb of conducting exercise.

The incident was caught on a CCTV camera on Wednesday morning, India Today reported. The video shows the man standing on a sidewalk next to a busy road that has several shops. He can be seen in the video doing some stretches and exercises, reports timesnownews.com.

However, as he progresses with his ‘morning routine’, he attempts to loosen a CFL bulb hanging in front of a shop. All the while, traffic is moving on the road and the man does all he can to pretend he is just exercising.

In another attempt, the man wearing a T-shirt and a pyjama manages to swiftly take off the bulb and put it in his pocket. However, the entire act was caught on camera. The video is now viral and the man has become an infamous star!