TIMELINE: Every event in the gold toilet theft investigation

Here is every single event leading up to today: 

SEPTEMBER 14

• News broke that thieves had stolen the golden toilet from Blenheim Palace after breaking in at around 5am, leaving behind ‘significant damage and flooding’.
• The palace closed its doors to visitors for the day and a police cordon was put around the stately home.
• Bosses at the palace made a statement about the ‘extraordinary’ events and said ‘it was worth the risk’
• The toilet, an 18-carat art installation by Maurizio Cattelan, was plumbed in and ready for use – visitors had even been to sit on the golden loo for three-minutes at a time  

SEPTEMBER 15

• Police said it had upped security in the area and pledged to ‘make every effort’ to find the missing gold toilet

SEPTEMBER 16

• Man released on bail after police get more time to question him

SEPTEMBER 17

• Pictures of the damage released

SEPTEMBER 20

• Thieves could have struck days earlier too: priceless heirlooms stolen from another stately home in Gloucestershire, just 30 miles away

SEPTEMBER 27

• Gold toilet still not found but police arrest a 36-year-old man in connection with the dawn heist

OCTOBER 2

• CCTV images from the break-in are released in a fresh bid to track down the £5million golden toilet – pictures show one of two stolen cars used (with a fake number plate on)
• Police say they think five people broke into the palace that night – plus all the details revealed

OCTOBER 3

• £100,000 reward up for grabs in return for the golden toilet stolen

OCTOBER 16

• Two men and a woman, all in their 30s, from Oxford arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit a burglary

OCTOBER 18

• Three people arrested now released under investigation, nearly a month on from break-in and toilet still not found

NOVEMBER 14

• Fresh arrests made by police in hunt for Cattelan’s gold toilet stolen

NOVEMBER 18

• Six people all arrested in connection with morning heist and handling stolen goods released under investigation. Toilet still not found.

JUNE 24

• Police officers investigating the theft of the golden toilet have arrested another man.

All the arrests until now:

• A 35-year-old man from London arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods
• A 66-year-old man from Evesham arrested on suspicion of burglary
• A 35-year-old man from Cheltenham arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle
• A 35-year-old man, a 34-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman, all from Oxford, arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit a burglary other than a dwelling
• A 44-year-old man from Kent arrested on suspicion of burglary

All of these people have been released under investigation.