4 males have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold rest room from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English mansion the place British wartime chief Winston Churchill was born
ByThe Related Press
November 6, 2023, 11:41 AM
FILE – This Sept. 16, 2016 file picture produced from a video exhibits the 18-karat rest room, titled “America,” by Maurizio Cattelan within the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. 4 males have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold rest room from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English mansion the place British wartime chief Winston Churchill was born. The bathroom, valued at 4.8 million kilos, or $5.95 million, was the work of Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan. (AP Photograph, File)
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LONDON — 4 males had been charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold rest room from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English mansion the place British wartime chief Winston Churchill was born.
The bathroom, valued at 4.8 million kilos ($5.95 million), was the work of Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan. It was a part of an artwork set up at Blenheim Palace, close to town of Oxford, a number of days earlier than it vanished in a single day in September 2019.
The Crown Prosecution Service stated Monday it has approved felony prices in opposition to 4 males, ages 35-39, over the theft. They’re accused of housebreaking and conspiracy to switch felony property.
The golden rest room, titled “America,” was supposed to be a pointed satire about extreme wealth. The bathroom was totally functioning, and previous to the theft, guests to the exhibition may ebook a three-minute appointment to make use of it.
The paintings has by no means been discovered.
On the time of the theft, police stated that as a result of the bathroom had been linked to the palace’s plumbing system, its elimination triggered “important injury and flooding” to the constructing, a UNESCO World Heritage web site full of priceless artwork and furnishings that attracts 1000’s of tourists annually.
The Guggenheim Museum in New York, which hosted the artwork set up earlier than it was proven at Blenheim Palace, described the bathroom as “solid in 18-carat gold.” The museum stated the paintings invitations viewers to “make use of the fixture individually and privately” to expertise “unprecedented intimacy with a murals.”
The 4 suspects will seem at Oxford Magistrates’ Courtroom on Nov. 28, prosecutors stated.
