The toilet was genuine gold. Donald Trump also has a connection to that seat.
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In the UK, there is a trial where three people are accused of stealing and selling a rare valuable toilet bowl.
In 2019, the Blenheim Palace near the city of Oxford the news of a newsable bbc According to € 4.8 million, or about EUR 5.8 million.
According to the prosecutor, the theft lasted only a few minutes. Two cars were driven through the locked gates of the palace early on Saturday, September 14, 2019. Surveillance camera photos show how men dressed in hoods, equipped with a crowbar and leaks.
This week, the right of the palace employee has been heard in court. He was present at night during the theft. The employee says he has heard two hard bumps.
– At first I thought the boiler exploded, the employee said the BBC According to their statement.
A few minutes later, a gold toilet seat was carried one of the cars. After that, the cars quickly left the palace yard.
Three defendants have denied having committed a crime. In the past one a person has admitted to guilty burglary.
The bowl was never found. Thieves are believed to have chopped and sold less than a hundred kilos.
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The Blenheim Palace was built in the early 18th century and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The spectacular palace has been operating for centuries of Britain’s long -term prime minister Winston Churchill The home of the family. Churchill was born in the palace in 1874.
Today, the palace is a popular tourist attraction.
The bowl is not part of the palace’s standard equipment but is an Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan Created by a work of art, officially called America. The work was on display at the Blenheim Palace as part of an art exhibition.
The toilet bowl was fully functional and the guests of the exhibition were able to book a three-minute use of the bowl.
The table has a connection to the US President To Donald Trump. Trump’s first The presidential period’s administration requested From the Guggenheim Museum of New York to loan Vincent van Gogh Painting on the wall of the White House in 2017.
The museum did not give a painting on a loan But offered the America work. White House did not grab the offer.