Kirra’s family is heartbroken after being asked to tone down her gravesite. Picture Facebook/RIP Kirra Rose Sims

To add insult to injury, they have until June 9 to do it: the same day Kirra would have celebrated her 24th birthday.

But the family is fighting back, Kirra’s brother Trent starting a petition to leave her gravesite as it is in the face of the cemetery’s threat to take action for “breaching decoration guidelines”.

In a post mounting the change.org petition on the RIP Kirra Sims Facebook page, a “broken” Trent said Kirra’s family and friends were devastated.

“If we are made to remove these personal touches that mean so much to us it will destroy Mum, in a way that only a parent who has lost a child could know,” he wrote.

Kirra was 19 years old when she died in a car accident on Father’s Day, 2012.

Her gravesite at Bendigo Cemetery is a tribute to the vibrant teen’s love of the colour purple.

Since her death, the family have added keepsakes, pictures, flowers and raised money to install a purple seat in her memory, for use by the public.

But on Friday, they received a letter saying the site had attracted complaints and breached “policy guidelines”.

The gravesite and purple seat are a tribute to Kirra’s favourite colour. Picture: Facebook/RIP Kirra Rose SimsSource:Facebook

Trent said the grave was being singled out because it’s “a little brighter than most”.

“They are saying that the purple concrete around her plaque needs to go and that there are too many items,” he said.

“Their issue is the colour of the seat and concrete and number of decorative items next to the plaque, none of which encroach on the neighbouring graves.

“Kirra’s grave is a place for us all to go and be close to her, a place that we keep in the best possible condition and is a reflection of her.”

He said Kirra’s mother visits almost daily, “and always makes sure that everything is neat, tidy and clean. She trims and waters the grass and wipes down the chair we had installed (with permission). This seat is for anyone to use.

“It only takes a short walk around the cemetery park to see that these guidelines are unreasonable as there are countless graves outside of these guidelines. Why is Kirra’s grave being singled out?”

The head of Remembrance Parks Central Victoria, Graham Fountain, toldThe Bendigo Advertiser the only issue with Kirra’s grave was the concrete — which must not be painted or decorated.

He added they could not allow every family to paint the concrete a different colour: “it’s not conducive of the appearance that people expect. There are other ways to recognise someone’s favourite colours.”

He said he was confused about Trent's reference to them having an issue with Kirra’s purple chair. There had been previous discussions over its colour, but he said there was no current issue with it, aside form solar lights, now removed, which had been attached to it.

Kirra was killed in a car accident on Father’s Day, 2012. Picture: Facebook/RIP Kirra Rose SimsSource:Facebook