Four men are charged in connection with stealing a valuable golden toilet from the palace where Winston Churchill was born.
The Crown Prosecution Service announced in a release, the 18-carat toilet is worth the equivalent of nearly $6 million and was stolen from Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England in 2019.
The toilet is a sculpture created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, created in 2016 and titled “America.” It is fully functional and had been installed in the bathroom formerly used by Churchill, on loan from the Guggenheim Museum.
The toilet remains to be unfound, but the men involved in the crime many years back have finally been charged with the crime.
The four men charged are James Sheen, 39, Michael Jones, 38, Fred Doe, 35, and Bora Guccuk, 39.
Sheen is charged with burglary, conspiracy to transfer criminal property and transferring criminal property. Jones is charged with burglary, while Doe and Guccuk are charged with conspiracy to transfer criminal property.
It is not immediately clear if any have entered a plea or retained counsel. They will appear in court Nov. 28.
