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Lost: 1.2 Million Dollar Golden Tub

gold bathtub
One wonders about the audacity of some folks. Of great amusement to all but the Kominato Hotel Mikazuki, a thief made off with their prized 18-karat gold bathtub, a feature enjoyed by special guests from time to time and worth over 1 million dollars.

“A worker at Kominato Hotel Mikazuki in Kamogawa, south of Tokyo, notified police the fancy tub was missing from the hotel’s guest bathroom on the 10th floor of its building, according to a local police official.

The round tub, 1.21 metres in diameter and 71 centimetres tall, was made of 18-karat gold weighing 80 kilograms, the official said.
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Someone apparently cut the chain attached to the door of a small section of the bathroom where the bathtub was placed, but not riveted, and made off with the tub, the police official said.
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Anyone seeing a gold bathtub being lugged around the streets of Tokyo, is urged to contact local authorities immediately…”
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Posted on Friday, June 1st, 2007 at 7:55 am In Jewelry News | Comments RSS

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