diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/gc_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/gc_test.go
index acc039cd28..0a494fd52b 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/gc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/gc_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package shard_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -19,62 +21,20 @@ import (
 	cidtest "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id/test"
 	objectSDK "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object"
 	oid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object/id"
+	oidtest "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object/id/test"
 	"github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-func Test_GCDropsLockedExpiredObject(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_GCDropsLockedExpiredSimpleObject(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	var sh *shard.Shard
-
 	epoch := &epochState{
 		Value: 100,
 	}
 
-	rootPath := t.TempDir()
-	opts := []shard.Option{
-		shard.WithID(shard.NewIDFromBytes([]byte{})),
-		shard.WithLogger(&logger.Logger{Logger: zap.NewNop()}),
-		shard.WithBlobStorOptions(
-			blobstor.WithStorages([]blobstor.SubStorage{
-				{
-					Storage: blobovniczatree.NewBlobovniczaTree(
-						blobovniczatree.WithRootPath(filepath.Join(rootPath, "blob", "blobovnicza")),
-						blobovniczatree.WithBlobovniczaShallowDepth(2),
-						blobovniczatree.WithBlobovniczaShallowWidth(2)),
-					Policy: func(_ *objectSDK.Object, data []byte) bool {
-						return len(data) <= 1<<20
-					},
-				},
-				{
-					Storage: fstree.New(
-						fstree.WithPath(filepath.Join(rootPath, "blob"))),
-				},
-			}),
-		),
-		shard.WithMetaBaseOptions(
-			meta.WithPath(filepath.Join(rootPath, "meta")),
-			meta.WithEpochState(epoch),
-		),
-		shard.WithDeletedLockCallback(func(_ context.Context, addresses []oid.Address) {
-			sh.HandleDeletedLocks(addresses)
-		}),
-		shard.WithExpiredLocksCallback(func(ctx context.Context, epoch uint64, a []oid.Address) {
-			sh.HandleExpiredLocks(ctx, epoch, a)
-		}),
-		shard.WithGCWorkerPoolInitializer(func(sz int) util.WorkerPool {
-			pool, err := ants.NewPool(sz)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-
-			return pool
-		}),
-	}
-
-	sh = shard.New(opts...)
-	require.NoError(t, sh.Open())
-	require.NoError(t, sh.Init(context.Background()))
+	sh := createAndInitGCTestShard(t, epoch)
 
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		releaseShard(sh, t)
@@ -122,3 +82,148 @@ func Test_GCDropsLockedExpiredObject(t *testing.T) {
 		return shard.IsErrNotFound(err)
 	}, 3*time.Second, 1*time.Second, "expired object must be deleted")
 }
+
+func Test_GCDropsLockedExpiredComplexObject(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	epoch := &epochState{
+		Value: 100,
+	}
+
+	cnr := cidtest.ID()
+	parentID := oidtest.ID()
+	splitID := objectSDK.NewSplitID()
+
+	var objExpirationAttr objectSDK.Attribute
+	objExpirationAttr.SetKey(objectV2.SysAttributeExpEpoch)
+	objExpirationAttr.SetValue("101")
+
+	var lockExpirationAttr objectSDK.Attribute
+	lockExpirationAttr.SetKey(objectV2.SysAttributeExpEpoch)
+	lockExpirationAttr.SetValue("103")
+
+	parent := testutil.GenerateObjectWithCID(cnr)
+	parent.SetID(parentID)
+	parent.SetPayload(nil)
+	parent.SetAttributes(objExpirationAttr)
+
+	const childCount = 10
+	children := make([]*objectSDK.Object, childCount)
+	childIDs := make([]oid.ID, childCount)
+	for i := range children {
+		children[i] = testutil.GenerateObjectWithCID(cnr)
+		if i != 0 {
+			children[i].SetPreviousID(childIDs[i-1])
+		}
+		if i == len(children)-1 {
+			children[i].SetParent(parent)
+		}
+		children[i].SetSplitID(splitID)
+		children[i].SetPayload([]byte{byte(i), byte(i + 1), byte(i + 2)})
+		childIDs[i], _ = children[i].ID()
+	}
+
+	link := testutil.GenerateObjectWithCID(cnr)
+	link.SetParent(parent)
+	link.SetParentID(parentID)
+	link.SetSplitID(splitID)
+	link.SetChildren(childIDs...)
+
+	linkID, _ := link.ID()
+
+	sh := createAndInitGCTestShard(t, epoch)
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		releaseShard(sh, t)
+	})
+
+	lock := testutil.GenerateObjectWithCID(cnr)
+	lock.SetType(objectSDK.TypeLock)
+	lock.SetAttributes(lockExpirationAttr)
+	lockID, _ := lock.ID()
+
+	var putPrm shard.PutPrm
+
+	for _, child := range children {
+		putPrm.SetObject(child)
+		_, err := sh.Put(context.Background(), putPrm)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	putPrm.SetObject(link)
+	_, err := sh.Put(context.Background(), putPrm)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = sh.Lock(context.Background(), cnr, lockID, append(childIDs, parentID, linkID))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	putPrm.SetObject(lock)
+	_, err = sh.Put(context.Background(), putPrm)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var getPrm shard.GetPrm
+	getPrm.SetAddress(objectCore.AddressOf(parent))
+
+	_, err = sh.Get(context.Background(), getPrm)
+	var splitInfoError *objectSDK.SplitInfoError
+	require.True(t, errors.As(err, &splitInfoError), "split info must be provided")
+
+	epoch.Value = 105
+	sh.NotificationChannel() <- shard.EventNewEpoch(epoch.Value)
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		_, err = sh.Get(context.Background(), getPrm)
+		return shard.IsErrNotFound(err)
+	}, 3*time.Second, 1*time.Second, "expired complex object must be deleted on epoch after lock expires")
+}
+
+func createAndInitGCTestShard(t *testing.T, epoch *epochState) *shard.Shard {
+	var sh *shard.Shard
+
+	rootPath := t.TempDir()
+	opts := []shard.Option{
+		shard.WithID(shard.NewIDFromBytes(binary.AppendVarint([]byte{}, int64(48)))),
+		shard.WithLogger(&logger.Logger{Logger: zap.NewNop()}),
+		shard.WithBlobStorOptions(
+			blobstor.WithStorages([]blobstor.SubStorage{
+				{
+					Storage: blobovniczatree.NewBlobovniczaTree(
+						blobovniczatree.WithRootPath(filepath.Join(rootPath, "blob", "blobovnicza")),
+						blobovniczatree.WithBlobovniczaShallowDepth(2),
+						blobovniczatree.WithBlobovniczaShallowWidth(2)),
+					Policy: func(_ *objectSDK.Object, data []byte) bool {
+						return len(data) <= 1<<20
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Storage: fstree.New(
+						fstree.WithPath(filepath.Join(rootPath, "blob"))),
+				},
+			}),
+		),
+		shard.WithMetaBaseOptions(
+			meta.WithPath(filepath.Join(rootPath, "meta")),
+			meta.WithEpochState(epoch),
+		),
+		shard.WithDeletedLockCallback(func(_ context.Context, addresses []oid.Address) {
+			sh.HandleDeletedLocks(addresses)
+		}),
+		shard.WithExpiredLocksCallback(func(ctx context.Context, epoch uint64, a []oid.Address) {
+			sh.HandleExpiredLocks(ctx, epoch, a)
+		}),
+		shard.WithGCWorkerPoolInitializer(func(sz int) util.WorkerPool {
+			pool, err := ants.NewPool(sz)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			return pool
+		}),
+		shard.WithGCRemoverSleepInterval(1 * time.Millisecond),
+	}
+
+	sh = shard.New(opts...)
+
+	require.NoError(t, sh.Open())
+	require.NoError(t, sh.Init(context.Background()))
+
+	return sh
+}