A concerned funeral director has claimed dozens of Australians are being lied to by funeral parlours and ripped off with fake coffins.

Speaking on Channel Nine’s A Current Affair on Thursday night, Jeff Boyle detailed the dodgy business that is reportedly going on behind closed doors in the Australian funeral industry and leaving Aussies out of pocket.

Boyle, who owns three funeral homes in central Queensland, claimed many facilities are using fake coffin tops to cover cheap cardboard coffins used for cremations.

According to the funeral director, funeral homes in Queensland must use a sealed coffin for cremation and any violation of this practice is illegal. However, there is no mention of coffin, casket or receptacle requirements in either the Queensland Cremations Act 2003 or Cremations Regulations 2003.