We don’t always think about it, but to have access to a toilet is actually a modern day privilege. There are many parts of the world that people still don’t have access to toilets, but there are some people that invest too much money on owning a toilet. Some of these toilets have features that you have never seen before in a toilet. Some others almost look like small aircrafts. If you think that the only function of a toilet is to flush your waste, then you need to think again. We have listed the top 5 most expensive toilets in the world, and they can do things that you don’t expect.
5. “Dagobert” Wooden Toilet Throne By Herbeau– $12,000
If they have any toilet that’s suitable for kings, it will be this toilet. As a matter of fact, they named this toilet after the last ruler of the Merovingian Dynasty in France. This toilet is so majestic, it’s 5 feet tall and it’s designed like a throne. It has a pull chain flush in the upper left corner and a candle holder in the upper right corner. The toilet even has an armrest. It also has other features like playing a song everytime you lift the lid. If that’s not ridiculously kingly enough, then just check out the price of this toilet. This wooden laterine costs the whooping sum of $12,000.
4. Swarovski-Studded Toilet – $75,000
From the design studio of Jemal Wright, the brains behind this chrome-plated toilet, is another thing of beauty that people wouldn’t even want to sit on, because of how classy it is. This is the Swarovski-Studded Toilet. This toilet is covered with crystals all over. This toilet is the result of true beauty, something that should probably belong to an art gallery, rather than your bathroom. This is the kind of toilet that you would love to clean up every single day or maybe after everytime you use it. You probably don’t mind, but at the price of $75,000, I wonder if the toilet washes itself.
3. Moon River Art Park Toilet – $750,000
This toilet is not even a private toilet. It is a public toilet, but actually considered to be a tourist attraction. Yes, people do travel from different parts of the world just to see this toilet. But there’s something special about this toilet that is located inside a man made cave in the famous Moon River Art Park in Shanghai, China. You would need to wait for 2 hours, just to get a chance to sit on this lovely throne, or toilet as you might say. Fortunately, don’t have to pay anything to sit on this toilet as long as you’ve paid your entrance fee into the park. This toilet is estimated to be worth $750,000, and we wonder why.
2. Hang Fung Golden Toilet – $5000,000
This is a toilet that was made out of precious metal. This toilet is owned by Hang Fung Gold Technology Group, and it is currently in a demonstration washroom that’s called “The Hall Of Gold”. This toilet can be viewed and visited by the public, and many tourists usually flock to this room to snap pictures. The toilet is just part of the entire golden washroom, but if you want to get this toilet in your house, it will cost you $5 million. Rumours says that this toilet was made when gold was still very cheap.
1. International Space Station Toilet – $19 million
You already know that the most expensive toilets in this world, is supposed to be out of this world. At $19,000,000, this is the most expensive toilets that has ever been made in the history of toilets. It was made by Russia in their space station in the year 2007, and it has many extra features. This toilet has leg braces to keep the astronauts in a proper position as they use the toilet. It also has special fans that suck out every single waste deposited into the septic tank. In addition, this is the only toilet that has ever been created, that has an advanced filter thats capable of extracting water from the waste, purifying the was for drinking. This toilet is the ultimate recycling machine.