A gold toilet that fetched $12.1m (£9.3m) at auction was bought by Ripley's Believe It or Not!, after its first casting was stolen from Blenheim Palace in 2019.
America, created by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan, is a fully functional toilet made from more than 15st 13lb (101.2kg) of solid 18-carat gold.
The first version of the work was initially installed in a public bathroom at the Guggenheim museum in New York in 2016 but hit the news again three years later when a< a href='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3nrrmk04mo'> gang of thieves stole it from the Oxfordshire palace.
The existence of a second golden toilet was later revealed, and it went under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York City on Tuesday. The 101 kg toilet received just one bid.
The auction house said that, in a world first, the starting bid would be determined by the exact price of its weight in gold, at about $10m (£7.6m).
While it only said it was bought by a famous American brand, Ripley's Believe It or Not! later revealed themselves as the mystery buyer in an Instagram post, writing we're flush with excitement.
The entertainment company runs attractions including museums of oddities and aquariums around the world.
It made headlines in 2022 for allowing celebrity and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian to wear a dress owned by Marilyn Monroe to the Met Gala.
Now, their team say they are exploring possibilities as to whether guests will ever be permitted to take the ultimate golden seat.
Such an opportunity requires serious planning and someone brave enough to ensure everything keeps flowing in the right direction, Ripley's added.
The artwork achieved the second highest price for a Cattelan piece at auction. His sculpture of a kneeling Hitler sold for $17.2m (£11.9m) in 2016.
