Because the toilet was fully functional and connected ... The theft was planned by James Sheen, 40, who previously pleaded guilty to burglary, conspiracy and transferring criminal property.

The theft was planned by James Sheen, 40, who previously pleaded guilty to burglary, conspiracy and transferring criminal property. The toilet, a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan titled "America ...

Just two days after the golden toilet was stolen in an early morning raid, Doe sent a voice message to Sheen saying: "I do know just the man you need to see... the word's on the street about the car." ...

A businessman who told a criminal he could sell a stolen £4.8m golden toilet for him "in two split seconds" has been given a 21-month suspended sentence. Fred Doe, of Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire, ...

Sheen eventually sold 20 kilograms of gold, around a fifth of the toilet's gold, to an unknown buyer in Birmingham for £520,000. The fully functioning 18-carat gold toilet was removed from an ...

It is believed that Sheen took the 20 kilos of gold from the toilet artwork to the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter on September 2019 and sold it for £26,000 a kilogram -- earning £520,000, the trial ...