The inside story of Blenheim's gold toilet heist
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjev7vn4qp0o
In the early hours of 14 September 2019, Eleanor Paice jolted awake to the sound of smashing glass.
Living in a staff flat above Blenheim Palace, the guest services supervisor was used to strange noises.But when fire alarms began to blare, she knew something was wrong.
She quickly began evacuating to the great courtyard. But unbeknown to her, she was running straight into the final moments of an audacious heist.
Five men had smashed their way into the palace, ripped out a £4.8m solid gold toilet and fled in a stolen Volkswagen Golf.
The working loo, entitled America, had been on display for just two days at the 18th Century stately home, plumbed in as part of an exhibition by the Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan.
Now, more than five years on, a total of three men have been convicted in connection to the heist.
