Watch as thieves steal golden toilet from Churchill's birthplace
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**James Powel**  
USA TODAY

Surveillance footage has captured a brazen theft in England, showing robbers taking a golden toilet from the Blenheim Palace, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern England.

The video — released by the Thames Valley Police on Friday — shows the fully functioning 18-carat golden toilet, a work titled "America" by Maurizio Cattelan, being taken from the Blenheim Palace, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern England.

Three men have been charged in connection with the theft of the toilet, which was taken just two days after it was put on display as part of an art exhibit in 2019. Their trial is now underway in Oxford Crown Court.

Michael Jones, 39, of Oxford, is accused of burglary while Frederick Doe, 36, of Windsor, and 41-year-old Bora Guccuk of west London are accused of conspiring to transfer criminal property — according to the BBC. All the defendants have pleaded not guilty to their charges.

**Contributing:** Reuters

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