Authorities look for subjects who stole a toilet of pure gold from the British palace

The device, valued at 1.2 million dollars, is the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. He had been installed two days before at the Blenheim Palace, west London, after spending time on display at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Police said he was robbed by thieves traveling in at least two vehicles. Because it was connected to the plumbing of the palace, its abduction caused “considerable damage and flooding” in a property declared World Heritage by UNESCO and full of valuable works of art and furniture.

A 66-year-old man was arrested, but was not formally charged or identified.
Inspector Richard Nicholls, of the Thames Valley police, said the thieves left the place around 4:50 in the morning without taking other objects. The police studied the videos taken by closed circuit cameras.
Before the robbery, attendees of the Cattelan exhibition could reserve the use of the toilet for three minutes.
The artist intended the gold toilet to be a satire over excessive wealth. "Eat what you eat, a $ 200 lunch or a $ 2 sausage, the toilet turns out the result is the same," he said once.
Edward Spencer-Churchill had told The Times that it would not be easy to steal the toilet because it was connected to the pipes of the palace.
"That's why not, I don't intend to stand guard," he said.
Inspector Jess Milne said that "the work of art has not yet been recovered, but we are conducting a thorough investigation to find it and bring those responsible to justice."