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For any copyright, please send me a message. The Blenheim Palace bathroom where a £4million 18-karat gold toilet was ripped out by thieves and stolen has been pictured for the first time since the multi-million pound burglary.The golden toilet, entitled 'America', had been plumbed into the stately Oxfordshire home for visitors to use after an exhibition by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan opened there on Friday. Cattelan, known for his provocative sculptures, arranged for the toilet to be moved to the palace, which is also the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, in the same way he did at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2016, when 100,000 people queued to use it. But the toilet, valued at $5million, was stolen in the early hours of Saturday, leaving the artist and Blenheim bosses devastated and the bathroom in tatters. Chief executive Dominic Hare said he hopes the 'stupid and pointless' act of stealing the toilet will 'immortalise' the work of the artist - as he defended the stately home's 'sophisticated security system' and insisted it was insured. He added: 'When you show the finest art to everyone, to the audience it was made for, you take a risk. Almost always that risk is worth taking. We say that even today.'We hope against hope that we can recover this precious work of art. It is deeply ironic that a work of art portraying the American Dream and the idea of an elite object made available to all should be almost instantly snatched away and hidden from view.' Earlier today, Mr Hare told the BBC that a gang 'mounted a very fast' raid on the Oxfordshire palace overnight, stealing the fully functional loo before security could respond. In the early hours police were called to the stately home and found the solid gold toilet gone and water gushing over the floor, causing extensive damage.Thames Valley Police confirmed a 66-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the theft on Saturday. Share this article Share Cattelan denied staging the burglary in a Banksy-style prank, telling the New York Times: 'I wish it was a prank. Who's so stupid to steal a toilet?'America was the 1 per cent for the 99 per cent, and I hope it still is. I want to be positive and think the robbery is a kind of Robin Hood-inspired action.'Speaking on BBC 5 Live, Blenheim boss Mr Hare said this was the 'first theft of its type in living memory' from the palace, and confirmed the home has a 'sophisticated security system'. He said: 'We have a sophisticated security system and we have not had a theft of this type in living memory. But what's happened has happened and so we clearly need to challenge ourselves on that.'We have security on site. A group of men in two vehicles mounted a very fast smash and grab raid before
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