The answer is $\boxed{\text{5000}}$.

The sequence is $2, 5, 10, 50, 500$. Each term is the product of the previous two terms. Therefore, the next term in the sequence should be $50 \times 500 = 25000$. Therefore, 5000 is the wrong term.

Here is a table showing the sequence:

Term | Product of previous two terms ------- | -------- 2 | 1 x 2 5 | 2 x 5 10 | 5 x 2 50 | 10 x 5 500 | 50 x 10 25000 | 500 x 50