Law & Politics Two Men Jailed for Theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.1 Million Gold Toilet The 18-karat gold loo, titled "America," was stolen from Blenheim Palace in September 2019.

Two burglars who plotted the heist of a $6.4 million golden toilet were sentenced Friday to more than two years in a British ...

FILE - This Sept. 16, 2016 file image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Michael Jones, 39, and James Sheen, 40, stole the toilet, by artist Maurizio Cattelan (Picture: PA) Two members of a gang behind the ‘brazen’ heist of a gold toilet worth £4.75 million from ...

Two men were jailed on Friday for stealing an 18-carat golden toilet that had been on display as an artwork in an exhibition at Winston Churchill's birthplace.

Three men have gone on trial at Oxford Crown Court for their involvement in the plot to steal the 18-carat gold toilet - an artwork titled 'America' - and sell the gold.

PA Media Entitled America, the toilet weighed approximately 98 kilograms, was insured for six million US dollars (£4.75 million) and was made from gold which was itself worth about £2.8 million.