Pope Benedict XVI's car goes for $244,000
• Catholic , • Cheap Laughs
The pope doesn't know how to drive.
It went under the hammer in favour of the online Golden Palace casino, of Austin in Texas, amid frenzied bidding.
The casino is said to have made unusual purchases in the past.
Its website also features a grilled cheese sandwich that is said to contain an image of the Virgin Mary, and a piece of roast chicken that purportedly resembles the face of the previous Pope, John Paul II.