The Facebook video pranks that outraged Australia were staged with family and friends, Melbourne's Jalal brothers have revealed.
Their video showing a father and daughter running scared from a fake drive-by shooting actually featured Max Jalal as the dad and their nine-year-old cousin Merry as the daughter.
"Our latest drive-by shooting video was staged and they were all actors," Max Jalal told Seven News on Friday.
"Obviously we didn't think this one through and think about the negativity it can cause.
"The little girl in that video was actually our cousin and the dad was me on the pay phone."
Max, 20, his brother Arman, 18, and a 16-year-old boy face public nuisance charges over the video.
The brothers said they decided to reveal their videos were shot with family and friends after the outrage.
"It's our brand, we do pranks and we didn't want people to know that it was fake," Max Jalal said.
Merry Jalal, nine, said she was acting when the car drove past the pay phone.
"When he tells me to go I have to hug him and run away," she told Seven News.
Arman Jalal said they will fight the charges against them.
"It's better that we admit that it was fake rather than get the hate for scaring a little girl," he said.
Counter-terrorism police raided the Jalal family home on Thursday and their father said his heavily-pregnant wife was shocked to see cops walking through their house.
"It was a big shock for her," Michael Jalal told 3AW.
"The police could call us, or even one or two police officers could come ... I would take my kids to the police station."
Max Jalal said police knew the videos were staged.
"Six weeks ago we did notify the police, a detective at Fawkner Police station, that the videos were staged and they were actors," he said.
Victoria Police declined to comment on Friday with the case now before the courts.
Max and Arman are due to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on May 20, while the 16-year-old has been bailed to appear at a children's court.
