Four men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the English mansion where Winston Churchill was born.
The toilet, valued at 4.8 million pounds , was an artwork titled “America” and intended as a pointed satire about excessive wealth by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Monday it has authorised criminal charges against four men, ages 35-39, over the theft. They are accused of burglary and conspiracy to transfer criminal property. The golden toilet was fully functioning, and prior to the theft, visitors to the exhibition could book a three-minute appointment to use it.
The Guggenheim Museum in New York, where the artwork was installed in a bathroom prior to it being shown at Blenheim Palace, described the toilet as “cast in 18-carat gold."Blenheim Palace. Birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill and a World Heritage Site with over 300 years of History and home to the 12th Duke of Marlborough and his Family.
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