Thursday 2 June 2022 07:10 AM 'Cistern Chapel' public toilet in Maryborough at centre of legal battle trends now
Australia's poshest public toilet, that cost a wild $80,000 to complete, was supposed to be a tourism drawcard - instead it's found itself at the centre of a bitter legal battle.
The 'Cistern Chapel', dubbed the 'finest public toilet in Australia', was unveiled in the small Queensland town of Maryborough in May after two years of painstaking work.
But just a few weeks after it was opened, the town's 'Cistern Chapel Committee' is embroiled in a legal battle with Hungarian artist Akos Juhasz, who claims he has not received appropriate credit for his work.
Australia's poshest public toilet (pictured) cost a wild $80,000 to finish and was supposed to be a tourism drawcard
The 'Cistern Chapel' (pictured), dubbed the 'finest public toilet in Australia, was unveiled in the small Queensland town of Maryborough in May, two years after the project was started
Mr Juhasz, who painted the artworks that adorn the walls of the men's and women's areas, was left furious after he failed to feature in any TV interviews done by the media.
The 'astonishing' interest in the revamped toilet blocks included one piece done by the ABC, where the artist tasked with finishing the project stood in front of a piece from Mr Juhasz.
Despite the artist 'making it clear' he was not the person who painted it, that part was 'edited out', the committee said.
After seeing the ABC piece, Mr Juhasz and his wife took to Facebook to vent their frustrations.
'My husband hadn't even been invited to talk. He was not even mentioned. As if he would not exist. He just was the several artists from the community. No name, no face,' Mr Juhasz's wife Katalin wrote.
Mr Juhasz (pictured) is now seeking legal advice to determine whether there has been 'an infringement of his moral rights' as an artist
The Cistern Chapel Committee's president Nancy Bates also took
