The fully functioning toilet, titled America, was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and housed in the Oxfordshire country house where Sir Winston Churchill was born.
Four men have appeared in court charged in connection with the theft of a £4.8m gold toilet from Blenheim Palace. James Sheen, 39, from Wellingbo.
The estate of arguably America’s most famous architect is tied up in a convoluted web of foundations, conservancies, and a trust one that outlines the state of preservation today.