Makers of Toni Collette's new TV comedy series United States Of Tara have come under fire - after allegedly causing $400,000 worth of damage to a restaurant.

The owner of a BBQ restaurant in San Fernando Valley is suing the makers of the Showtime program, claiming a day's worth of filming at his eatery in September caused the roof and ceiling to collapse.

According to TMZ.com, owner Un Suk Yun claims in court documents that "due to many heavy movie machine's pressure, the roof and ceiling came down" and he was forced to shut down the restaurant for two weeks.

Bosses of the show, which follows the life of a housewife with dissociative identity disorder, have yet to respond to the allegation.

No further details were available as WENN went to press.

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