Joan Rivers' luxurious Manhattan apartment sold to 'Middle East royalty' for a whopping $28m

 This doesn't look like a bedroom in an apartment, it looks like a bedroom in a castle...

The late Fashion police host,Joan Rivers' lavish Manhattan penthouse has been sold for a whooping $28m.

According to CNBC, the ritzy triplex located in the heart of New York was bagged by 'Middle East royalty'.

Sources for the American business news channel revealed that there were multiple offers from several parties but the home was eventually purchased at it's original asking price.

It was built in 1903 by millionaire John Drexel, with the building - located just off Fifth Avenue at 1 E. 62nd Street - being converted into condos in the 1930s. 

According to Daily News, she bought the apartment in 1988, ordering a painstaking renovation, though holding onto some of the apartment's original period details.

The 5,100-square-foot, four-bedroom penthouse boasts two large entertainment spaces, which can accommodate 125 people.

The Louis XIV-inspired rooms - which include both a former ballroom and music room - have 23-foot ceilings, crystal chandeliers, and antique columns. 

The apartment also comes equipped with a wood-paneled library, two outdoor terraces, a spacious master suite, a dining room, and a separate two-bedroom, two-bath guest apartment with its own living room, fireplace, and kitchen. 

Joan gushed about her bedroom to NBC's Today in 2011, saying: 'Everybody says a woman's bedroom should look like a bordello. 'It's such a comfort, my bedroom. It is my main closet which, again, for a New Yorker, this is huge. For anybody else in America, it's like who cares?'

The comedienne lived there until her death in September, and seemed happy in the grand apartment.

Joan Rivers passed away unexpectedly while undergoing a routine endoscopy in September, and her daughter filed suit last month against the clinic where it was performed, claiming the clinic’s doctors were so busy taking cell phone pictures of their famous patient that they missed the moment her vital signs plummeted. 

Since her untimely death there have been several shake-ups on her signature E! show Fashion Police and it finally all seems to be coming together again as her 47-year-old daughter agreed to replace Joan as a panel moderator on the show.

Melissa will assume the role when taping resumes on August 31, according to Variety .

The television personality has signed up for six episodes, with her first show covering the MTV Video Music Awards at the end of the summer.

Co-hosts Giuliana Rancic and Brad Goreski will stay with the show. However the format has changed as the one vacant seat will feature rotating celebrity guests.

'I’m very excited to be given the opportunity to continue to work with my E! and Fashion Police family,' Melissa said in a statement on Wednesday.