Gold toilet seat worth $1million stolen from Palace in the UK.
A $1million solid gold toilet has been stolen from Blenheim Palace by burglars in an overnight robbery, police said.The 18ct lavatory, designed by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was part of a new exhibition at the country home where Winston Churchill was born and was ripped out and driven away in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The piece is called “America” and had been plumbed into the water system so that visitors could fully engage with the artwork, as long as they obeyed a three-minute time slot.
Police have arrested a 66-year-old man in connection with the theft, but confirmed that the golden toilet is still missing and that there was “significant damage and flooding”.
Thames
Valley Police received a report of the toilet’s theft at 4:57 a.m.
Saturday morning. The thieves left the scene at about 4:50 a.m.,
according to a statement.
Detective Inspector Jess Milne said in the statement:
At Blenheim Palace, the toilet was installed in a room next to the one in which Churchill was born. A statement announcing the exhibition said the work could be perceived as a comment on the social, political and economic disparities in the United States.“Due to the toilet being plumbed in to the building, this has caused significant damage and flooding. We believe a group offenders used at least two vehicles during the offense.”

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