A bowl worth 1.6 billion VND was just stolen.

A store employee discovered the gold bowl missing from display around noon on April 11 (Japan time) at a gold exhibition on the eighth floor of the Nihombashi branch of the Takashimaya department store and reported it to the police about 15 minutes later, according to Kyodo News.

It is understood that the valuable item was displayed in a transparent plastic box without a lock.

CCTV footage shows a man in his 20s or 30s taking the golden bowl and putting it in his backpack at around 11:40 a.m. on April 11 (Japan time). According to police, the man was wearing glasses and a sweatshirt.

Police are still searching for the perpetrator, according to Kyodo News.

World - A bowl worth 1.6 billion VND has just been stolen

Previously, the theft of a toilet made of 103 kg of gold also caused a stir in public opinion.

The £4.8 million (VND144.4 billion) toilet is an artwork titled "America", created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan from 103 kg of gold, to satirize excessive wealth.

The toilet disappeared from Blenheim Palace (Oxfordshire, southeast England) in September 2019. Before that, it was fully functional and thousands of people were queuing up to experience it.

Thames Valley Police said the gang, traveling in two vehicles, broke into Blenheim Palace and removed the toilet before 5 a.m. on September 14, 2019 (local time), according to Reuters .

At Oxford court on April 2, suspect James Sheen (39 years old) admitted to theft of property, transporting criminal property and conspiracy to commit a repeat offence.

The suspect, who lived in Northamptonshire, is currently serving a 17-year sentence for a series of burglaries, including stealing cash from ATMs. He also stole £400,000 worth of tractors and valuable prizes from the National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket, Sufford.

Three other men have pleaded not guilty to the burglary, with Michael Jones, 38, charged with theft. The other two defendants, Frederick Does, 35, and Bora Guccuk, 40, have both been charged with conspiracy to deal in property obtained by crime.

They are scheduled to appear in court on February 24, 2025, and the trial will last 4-6 weeks. The whereabouts of the golden toilet are still unknown, while some have suggested that it may have been melted down or that the theft was staged by the artist. Cattelan claims he does not know where the toilet is.

Minh Hoa (according to Thanh Nien, Vietnam Law)

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