It is worth noting that the creator of this artifact is Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, who is also known for his installation featuring a banana taped to a wall, which was sold for $6.2 million at the same auction in 2024.
The golden toilet is fully functional.
According to information published in the New York Times, the previous owner of this toilet was American billionaire Steven Cohen. Currently, it is known that there are two such toilets; one of them was stolen in September 2019 from the house where Winston Churchill was born.
