4 MEN CHARGED FOR TOILET THEFT

Four men were charged on Monday for stealing a toilet, not just any toilet an 18-carat gold toilet.

They stole the magnificent piece from from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.

FILE – This Sept. 16, 2016 file image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled “America,” by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Four men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born. The toilet, valued at 4.8 million pounds, or $5.95 million, was the work of Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan. (AP Photo, File)

The toilet is valued at 4.8 million pounds (13,365,106 FJD)  was an artwork titled “America” and intended as a pointed satire about excessive wealth by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan. It was part of an art installation at Blenheim Palace, near the city of Oxford, a few days before it vanished overnight in September 2019.

What a masterpiece.

Source: https://apnews.com/article/blenheim-palace-golden-toilet-theft-f0cd428df82be5343a799479a168f4be