Newly published film material shows the theft of 18 Karat Goldener Toilette

A video that was played in an Oxford Court Hall in England this week is said to show the top-class theft of “America” ​​(2016) (2016), the around $ 6.1 million 18-carat gold toilet artwork from Maurizio Cattelan, from the Blenheim Palace in September 2019.

The long -awaited legal proceedings for three of the five men, of which they were assumed that they were behind the robbery, began on Monday, February 24th. Cattelan's Golden Toilette was exhibited in a solo show of the artist's work at the historical site and previously used as a functioning toilet in an interactive installation of the Guggenheim Museum in New York in New York, which became the worldwide opulence in the Opulule of New York.

During the opening on Monday, a jury at Oxford Crown Court CCTV film material of Art Theft was shown in the early morning, an affair under five minutes, which the prosecutor Julian Christopher described as a “bold attack”. The jury saw a number of clips that were later published by Outlets including the one Associated Press and the BBCStarting with two cars that the prosecutors say, they were stolen and accelerated to the palace. In the next frame, a person who wears a baseball cap, black gloves and a jacket will reach for another man who gives him a tool that resembles a default hammer.

After BBCFred Doe, 36 years; Michael Jones, 39 years; And Bora Guccuk, 41 years old, have refused charges such as conspiracy and burglary. A fourth man, James Sheen, 40 years old Associated Press. The name of the fifth suspect was not immediately known. The attempt is expected to take four weeks.

At least one person runs towards the palace building at 4:50 a.m. At 4:53 a.m., a person who goes to a parked vehicle can be seen and wears the headquarters of the golden toilet with one hand. Seconds later, three men are shown how they pack something in the back of the same vehicle, and both cars drive away from the area until 4:54 a.m.

Blenheim Palace refused to comment on pending legal disputes. Hyperallergic Cattelan contacted Gagosian, his representing gallery.

In 2019, Cattelan told the New York Times That he thought the raid was a prank.

“” America “was one percent for the 99 percent and I hope it is still,” he wrote in an e -mail to the New York Times at the time. “I want to be positive and think that the robbery is inspired by Robin Hood.”

Before the toilet was stolen and probably destroyed, the Guggenheim Museum 2018 offered to borrow “America” ​​to Donald Trump's white house after the president asked to borrow a painting by Vincent van Gogh.

Prosecutors now believe that “America” ​​has been broken down into smaller gold pieces and sold. They also claimed This one of the suspects, Jones, visited the exhibition that needed three minutes of bookings to use the toilet in the weeks before the art theft. During his time in Blenheim Palace, Jones took photos of the window, which was later used to enter the building.

Wooden panels that apparently come from a broken door can be seen in photos that were taken in 2019 near an exposed sewage pipe.