Gold toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace in 'audacious raid'

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2025-02-24

London (PA Media/dpa) - An "audacious raid" was carried out to steal a £2.8 million ($3.5 million) gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, a court has heard. It is believed that the distinctive fully functioning toilet, entitled America, which had been installed as an artwork at the Oxfordshire country house where Winston Churchill was born, has now been split up and disposed of, Oxford Crown Court was told. The toilet, which was created by Italian ar......

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