Thieves don steal solid 18-carat gold toilet, wey worth £5 million from Blenheim Palace for
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
The operation take place in the morning of Saturday, September 14.
The toilet wey dem title ‘America’ wey dem create in 2016 by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan go display two days ago for one exhibition.
Thames Valley Police dem don confirm say dem thief the toilet and dem don arrest one 66-year-old man wey dem connect with the theif thief and im go remain for police custody.
Make Una read wetin Dominic Hare, chief executive officer of Blenheim Palace, yarn the BBC
“the toilet is valued at about six million dollars and was a ‘very precious piece’.
He said the theft of the solid gold toilet ‘was a huge shock’.
‘Staff were instantly aware of what happened and police arrived very, very quickly indeed,’
‘There were some slightly nervous calls at 6am but we have spoken to the artist and Lord Edward at the art foundation, and many of the trustees, and they have been magnificent in their support.’
‘We have a sophisticated security set-up here and we have had no loss of this kind in living memory, which probably reflects the quality of that operation.
‘The events of the last 24 hours mean we may have reason to reconsider some of our systems.’
‘We have been asked not to comment on the investigation. But there was a clear time separation between those things.
‘There is always a risk when you display valuable art to the public, but it is worth that risk, even now, it was still worth that risk.’
Confirming that the palace would reopen on Sunday following repair works, Mr Hare explained: ‘We’ve now got a huge hole where there was once a golden toilet.’
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