London: In a bizarre piece of news, a man in the United Kingdom pleaded guilty to stealing an 18-carat, fully functioning toilet worth 4.8 million pounds from the Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire county where former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was born. It made headlines again in 2017 after US President Donald Trump’s White House emailed the Guggenheim asking to …
LONDON — Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader 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. Police said …
CNN — Police are trying to recover a toilet made entirely from 18-carat-gold said to be worth around $6 million that was stolen Saturday morning from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England, the stately home where former prime minister Winston Churchill was born. Detective Inspector Jess Milne said in the statement: “Due to the toilet being plumbed in to the building, …
