Thieves stole the gold toilet worth 42.5 billion GBP in the 5-minute attack in the Blenheim Palace | Deployment

In a bold five -minute attack, a fixed gold toilet worth 4.8 million pounds (approximately £42.5 Crore) from Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, in. The fully functional toilet, part of an art exhibition, has never been recovered and it is believed that they have been melted, reported the BBC.

The fully functional 18-carat gold game entitled “America” ​​was part of an exhibition by the Italian concept artist Maurizio Cattelan. The theft occurred in the early morning hours of September 14, 2019, when a group used two vehicles to break through the locked gates of the palace. They then joined the building with a shelter, which were left behind at the scene. The entire operation only lasted five minutes.

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The public prosecutor Julian Christopher KC announced the Oxford Crown Court that the stolen artwork was probably melted into smaller amounts of gold and was not recovered. The 39 -year -old Michael Jones from Divinity Road, Oxford, is accused of taking a photo 17 hours before theft as part of the information for the break -in. He denies the break -in fee.

Two other men, Fred Doe (formerly known as Frederick Sines), 36, from Windsor, and 41-year-old Bora Guccuk from West London, have not guilty to make themselves guilty of the transfer of criminal property. The evidence presented in court included news, voice notes and screen grabs from the phones, Doe and Guccuk's phones, indicating the negotiations at a price of 25,632 GBP (approximately £22.7 Lakh) per kilogram.

According to reports, it weighed around 98 kg and was insured for six million dollars.

At the time of theft, the gold with which it made it was about £ 2.8 million.

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