Two charged over Queensland body hoax

Two Queensland men who allegedly staged a prank with a fake dead body have been slapped with charges for wasting police resources.

Police set up a crime scene at a Brisbane apartment complex on July 31 after receiving reports of a man trying to load a body into the boot of an Uber vehicle.

They also found what appeared to be blood at the scene.

However investigators determined it to be an elaborate hoax which the alleged perpetrators were filming for a YouTube video.

Police on Tuesday charged a 27-year-old Collingwood Park man and 35-year-old Redbank Plains man with making a false representation by conduct resulting in a police investigation.

They will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on December 18.

Detective Superintendent Tony Fleming said significant specialist police resources were deployed unnecessarily to investigate what was considered to be a serious community safety issue.

"Behaviour that results in an ordinary member of the community believing serious harm has happened to another person such that they felt it necessary for police to be called is unacceptable," Detective Superintendent Fleming said.

Police are expected to seek restitution for investigation costs.