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Man Convicted of Stealing
Golden Toilet Worth Millions

Mar 19, 2025 2:30 AM CDT

Man Convicted of Stealing Golden Toilet Worth Millions

The toilet has never been recovered

(Newser) - A thief who swiped a golden toilet from an English palace was convicted Tuesday along with an accomplice who helped cash in on the spoils of the 18-carat work of art insured for more than $6 million, the AP reports. Michael Jones had used the fully functioning one-of-a-kind latrine as...

The Golden Toilet
Trial Has Begun

Feb 26, 2025 12:50 PM CST

The Golden Toilet Trial Has Begun

One man is accused of stealing it, 2 others of helping to sell it

(Newser) - It wasn't your typical smash-and-grab burglary: The trial begins for three men accused of stealing a toilet worth more than its weight in gold. The one-of-a-kind 18-carat gold toilet was swiped in under five minutes from Blenheim Palace, the English mansion where Winston Churchill was born, in the predawn...

Solid Gold Toilet Stolen From Churchill's Birthplace

4 Charged in Theft
of $6M Gold Toilet

UPDATED

Nov 7, 2023 4:38 PM CST

4 Charged in Theft of $6M Gold Toilet

Artwork was stolen in 2019 from mansion where Winston Churchill was born

(Newser) - Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the English country mansion where Winston Churchill was born. The toilet, valued at $5.95 million, was an artwork titled "America" and intended as a pointed satire about excessive wealth by Italian conceptual...

Museum Offered Used,
Solid-Gold Toilet to Trumps

Jan 25, 2018 7:29 PM CST

Museum Offered Used, Solid-Gold Toilet to Trumps

The Trumps had requested a Van Gogh

(Newser) - Donald and Melania Trump wanted to borrow a Van Gogh painting from a New York museum for their White House private quarters, the AP reports. Instead, according to the Washington Post , the Guggenheim Museum's chief curator came up with a pointedly satirical counter-offer: a working solid-gold toilet made by...

Museumgoers Can Poop in This 18-Carat Gold Toilet

Museumgoers
Can Poop in
This 18-Karat
Gold Toilet

Sep 17, 2016 8:12 AM CDT

Museumgoers Can Poop in This 18-Karat Gold Toilet

It's named 'America'

(Newser) - Consider it the No. 1 way to take a No. 2. New York's Guggenheim Museum on Friday swapped out a plain old porcelain toilet for a solid gold one in a private unisex washroom on its fourth floor and is allowing any paying visitor to use it, reports PIX...