Golden Bathroom Stolen From the U.Okay.’s Blenheim Palace, Birthplace of Winston Churchill

Burglars stole an costly piece of artwork — a strong gold rest room— from Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, in the UK, Thames Valley Police confirmed Saturday.

In a press release, Detective Inspector Jess Milne, mentioned: “The piece of artwork that has been stolen is a excessive worth rest room made out of gold that was on show on the palace.”

Police mentioned the burglars broke in in a single day and left the scene round 4:50 a.m. BST Saturday morning. Regulation enforcement acquired a name concerning the housebreaking at 4:57 a.m. Nobody was injured.

The art work, titled “America,” was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and was first displayed within the Guggenheim in New York Metropolis, N.Y. in 2016. The absolutely functioning rest room — which guests have been welcome to make use of — is fabricated from 18-karat gold and reportedly estimated to be value greater than $1 million.

It had simply opened at Blenheim Palace on Sept. 12, and was scheduled to run by means of Oct. 27.

In a press convention Saturday, Inspector Richard Nicholls mentioned a 66-year-old man has been arrested “in reference to this incident.” He additionally mentioned police imagine the burglars used two autos.

“As a result of rest room being plumbed into the constructing, this has induced vital injury and flooding,” Detective Inspector Milne mentioned within the police assertion.

Blenheim Palace is the birthplace of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

The art work has not been recovered and the investigation stays ongoing.