US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein hoarded rare Islamic artefacts to adorn an unconventional building on his private island, according to New York Times. The pieces included tapestries embroidered with Quranic verses that were shipped from Kaaba in Mecca to tiles from a mosque in Uzbekistan. Epstein was "obsessed" with decorating the blue-and-white-striped building, which he called a "mosque".