Entitled “America” (2016), the stolen work is a fully-functioning toilet made of 18-karat, 103 kilogram gold that was situated in the guides’ restroom. Though, visitors were allowed to view the work via booking time slots to use the toilet.

The raid, which includes dismantling the working 18-carat, 103 kilogram gold toilet, titled America (2016), took only five minutes.

The court case of three men charged with the 2019 theft has begun in Oxford, and is expected to last four weeks