Burgertory boss Hash Tayeh horrified by disgusting find outside one of his Melbourne restaurants
An outspoken pro-Palestinian activist who runs a popular hamburger chain claims a pig’s heart was left outside one of his restaurants.
Burgertory founder and CEO Hash Tayeh shared on Instagram CCTV footage taken outside the North Coburg location in Melbourne’s north after 8am on Monday.
The clip showed the moment a woman, wearing a black T-shirt and cow-print pants, strolled up to the restaurant’s main entrance, where she leaned over and dropped something on the ground.
Seconds later, another, larger woman wearing a visor cap walked up to her with what appeared to be two small bottles in her hand.
She left them on the floor before briefly rearranging what the first woman left behind.
Hash Tayeh, the founder of burger chain Burgertory, later clarified that the disgusting item was actually a pig’s heart (pictured)
Initially, Mr Tayeh thought the two women had left dog feces behind.
“We will no longer be forgiving and stand idly by while hate crimes are committed against us,” he said.
‘These sweet old ladies thought it was a good idea to leave their dogs’ feces at the entrance to our store.
“Our staff are being abused, my family is being threatened, death threats are being made against me, our billboards are being vandalized and disgusting excrement is being left at our doors. When will it stop?’
Mr Tayeh later claimed that the disgusting item was actually a pig’s heart.
He shared a photo showing blood leaking from it.
“Our lawyers have filed a complaint with Victoria Police about the two women who left the pig heart at our door,” he wrote.
“I look forward to the outcome of this complaint.”
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Mr Tayeh for comment.
Mr. Tayeh is a very outspoken and proud supporter of the Palestinian cause.
The woman was caught on CCTV leaving something outside the restaurant in North Coburg, Melbourne’s north
Mr Tayeh (pictured) initially believed the two women had left dog waste outside the venue
He caused controversy when he appeared at a rally in Melbourne last year and led chants of “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which some say is anti-Semitic.
A Burgerotry branch in Caulfield in Melbourne’s south-east burned down in the early hours of November 10 last year.
At the time, Mr Tayeh claimed the deliberately lit fire was a “hate crime”.
Hours after he made the claim, two groups of about 200 people clashed near the eatery and a local synagogue.
One man was pepper-sprayed by police and another reported suffering minor injuries after being hit by a rock.
But police arrested two men over the fire last week and took the extraordinary step of saying the alleged arson was “not a hate crime.”
“We know this incident was not a hate crime; it was not motivated by prejudice or politics,” said Moorabbin Investigation and Response Inspector Scott Dwyer.
The two men have been charged with arson and car theft and are facing trial.
Daily Mail Australia contacted Victoria Police for comment on the CCTV footage.