MUMBAI: One Direction singer Liam Payne teamed up with band member Louis Tomlinson to play a prank on Niall Horan's shiny luxury black Range Rover.

Covering the vehicle in toilet paper and 'decorating' it with various items including a rake, teddy bear and a dustbin; Payne and Tomlinson could barely contain their glee as they pranked their friend.

Unfortunately, the mischievous double act caused a security scare when original tweets and images leaked Horan's license plate, reports mirror.co.uk.

The duo took to Instagram to record their fun with before and after photographs as Tomlinson sat proudly admiring the pair's handiwork and his car details on the plate.

Oh no Niall !!

A photo posted by Liam Payne (@fakeliampayne) on May 9, 2015 at 5:32pm PDT

They even took to Twitter using #OhNoNiall to show off their joke, which trended for hours after the image was posted.

Luckily, Horan saw the funny side responding with a joke: "I think they call it modern art..."