"The Shiva Linga found at Dhanmondi 32 is the talk of the town now," reads a Facebook post on February 6, 2025, referring to the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.
It surfaced as crowds carrying hammers and metal rods tore down the walls of the museum and former home of Hasina's late father, Bangladesh's first president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (archived link).
The post -- shared more than 700 times -- includes an image of a Shiva statue overlaid with Bengali-language text reiterating the claim.
Religious relations have been turbulent in Bangladesh after Hasina's ouster on August 5, 2024, with a string of reprisals on Hindus seen by some as having backed her regime (archived link).
The recent protests were triggered in response to reports that the 77-year-old former leader -- who has defied an arrest warrant to face trial in Dhaka for massacres -- would appear in a Facebook broadcast from India where she remains in exile.
The Shiva statue photo has also been shared alongside similar false claims elsewhere on Facebook and on the website of online news portal Barta Bazar.
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