diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Controllers/RecycleBinController.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Controllers/RecycleBinController.cs
index 89ac5984f..e64a38013 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Controllers/RecycleBinController.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Controllers/RecycleBinController.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Security.Policy;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
 using System.Web.UI;
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ using Orchard.AuditTrail.ViewModels;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement;
 using Orchard.Core.Contents.Settings;
 using Orchard.Localization;
+using Orchard.Logging;
+using Orchard.Mvc;
 using Orchard.Security;
 using Orchard.UI.Admin;
 using Orchard.UI.Navigation;
@@ -31,22 +35,17 @@ namespace Orchard.AuditTrail.Controllers {
             _services = services;
             _recycleBin = recycleBin;
             T = NullLocalizer.Instance;
+            Logger = NullLogger.Instance;
         }
 
         public Localizer T { get; set; }
+        public ILogger Logger { get; set; }
 
         public ActionResult Index(PagerParameters pagerParameters, AuditTrailOrderBy? orderBy = null) {
             if (!_authorizer.Authorize(Permissions.ViewAuditTrail))
                 return new HttpUnauthorizedResult();
 
-            var pager = new Pager(_services.WorkContext.CurrentSite, pagerParameters);
-            var removedContentItems = _recycleBin.List(pager.Page, pager.PageSize);
-            var pagershape = _services.New.Pager(pager).TotalItemCount(removedContentItems.TotalItemCount);
-            var viewModel = new RecycleBinViewModel {
-                ContentItems = removedContentItems,
-                Pager = pagershape
-            };
-
+            var viewModel = SetupViewModel(new RecycleBinViewModel(), pagerParameters);
             return View(viewModel);
         }
 
@@ -63,5 +62,85 @@ namespace Orchard.AuditTrail.Controllers {
 
             return this.RedirectReturn(returnUrl, () => Url.Action("Index", "RecycleBin"));
         }
+
+        [ActionName("Index")]
+        [HttpPost]
+        [FormValueRequired("ExecuteActionButton")]
+        public ActionResult ExecuteAction(RecycleBinViewModel viewModel, PagerParameters pagerParameters) {
+            if (viewModel.RecycleBinCommand == null) {
+                ModelState.AddModelError("RecycleBinCommand", T("Please select an action to execute.").Text);
+            }
+
+            if (viewModel.SelectedContentItems == null || !viewModel.SelectedContentItems.Any()) {
+                ModelState.AddModelError("SelectedContentItems", T("Please select one or more content items.").Text);
+            }
+
+            if (!ModelState.IsValid) {
+                SetupViewModel(viewModel, pagerParameters);
+                return View("Index", viewModel);
+            }
+
+            if (ModelState.IsValid) {
+                switch (viewModel.RecycleBinCommand) {
+                    case RecycleBinCommand.Restore:
+                        RestoreContentItems(viewModel.SelectedContentItems);
+                        break;
+                    case RecycleBinCommand.Destroy:
+                        DeleteContentItems(viewModel.SelectedContentItems);
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return RedirectToAction("Index");
+        }
+
+        private RecycleBinViewModel SetupViewModel(RecycleBinViewModel viewModel, PagerParameters pagerParameters) {
+            var pager = new Pager(_services.WorkContext.CurrentSite, pagerParameters);
+            var removedContentItems = _recycleBin.List(pager.Page, pager.PageSize);
+            var pagershape = _services.New.Pager(pager).TotalItemCount(removedContentItems.TotalItemCount);
+
+            viewModel.ContentItems = removedContentItems;
+            viewModel.Pager = pagershape;
+
+            return viewModel;
+        }
+
+        private void RestoreContentItems(IEnumerable<int> selectedContentItems) {
+            var contentItems = _recycleBin.GetMany(selectedContentItems);
+
+            foreach (var contentItem in contentItems) {
+                var contentItemTitle = _contentManager.GetItemMetadata(contentItem).DisplayText;
+                if (!_authorizer.Authorize(Core.Contents.Permissions.EditContent, contentItem)) {
+                    _notifier.Error(T("You need the EditContent permission to restore <strong>{0}</strong>.", contentItemTitle));
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                _recycleBin.Restore(contentItem);
+                _notifier.Information(T("&quot;{0}&quot; has been restored.", contentItemTitle));
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void DeleteContentItems(IEnumerable<int> selectedContentItems) {
+            var contentItems = _recycleBin.GetMany(selectedContentItems);
+
+            foreach (var contentItem in contentItems) {
+                var contentItemTitle = _contentManager.GetItemMetadata(contentItem).DisplayText;
+                if (!_authorizer.Authorize(Core.Contents.Permissions.DeleteContent, contentItem)) {
+                    _notifier.Error(T("You need the DeleteContent permission to permanently delete <strong>{0}</strong>.", contentItemTitle));
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                try {
+                    _contentManager.Destroy(contentItem);
+                    _notifier.Information(T("&quot;{0}&quot; has been permanently deleted.", contentItemTitle));
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex) {
+                    Logger.Error(ex, "An exception occurred while trying to permanently delete content with ID {0}.", contentItem.Id);
+                    _notifier.Error(T("An exception occurred while trying to permanently delete content with ID {0}.", contentItem.Id));
+                }
+                
+            }
+        }
+
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Orchard.AuditTrail.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Orchard.AuditTrail.csproj
index e6938bf7a..0616ac9be 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Orchard.AuditTrail.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Orchard.AuditTrail.csproj
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     <Content Include="Placement.info" />
     <Content Include="Lib\XmlDiffPatch\xmldiffpatch.dll" />
     <Content Include="Recipes\audit-trail.recipe.xml" />
+    <Content Include="Scripts\audittrail-recyclebin.js" />
     <Content Include="Scripts\audittrail-expando.js" />
     <Content Include="Scripts\audittrail-checkall.js" />
     <Content Include="Scripts\audittrail-disabledcontent.js" />
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="AdminMenu.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ViewModels\RecycleBinCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controllers\RecycleBinController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controllers\ContentController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controllers\AdminController.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Scripts/audittrail-recyclebin.js b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Scripts/audittrail-recyclebin.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..342c04873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Scripts/audittrail-recyclebin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+$(function () {
+
+    var executeSelectedAction = function(e, form) {
+        var actionList = form.find("[name=\"RecycleBinCommand\"]");
+        var selectedAction = actionList.find("option:selected");
+        var prompts = selectedAction.data("unsafe-action");
+
+        if (prompts) {
+            if (!Array.isArray(prompts))
+                prompts = [prompts];
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < prompts.length; i++) {
+                if (!confirm(prompts[i])) {
+                    e.preventDefault();
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    $("#recycle-bin").on("submit", "form", function(e) {
+        var form = $(this);
+        var executeActionButton = form.find("[name=\"ExecuteActionButton\"]");
+
+        if (executeActionButton.val() == "ExecuteActionButton") {
+            executeSelectedAction(e, form);
+        }
+    });
+});
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Services/IRecycleBin.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Services/IRecycleBin.cs
index b4e3751b0..9785fb090 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Services/IRecycleBin.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Services/IRecycleBin.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Orchard.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Orchard.Collections;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement;
 
 namespace Orchard.AuditTrail.Services {
@@ -13,6 +14,16 @@ namespace Orchard.AuditTrail.Services {
         /// </summary>
         IPageOfItems<T> List<T>(int page, int pageSize) where T : class, IContent;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the specified list of content items from the recycle bin.
+        /// </summary>
+        IEnumerable<ContentItem> GetMany(IEnumerable<int> contentItemIds);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the specified list of content items from the recycle bin.
+        /// </summary>
+        IEnumerable<T> GetMany<T>(IEnumerable<int> contentItemIds) where T : class, IContent;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Restores the specified content item.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Services/RecycleBin.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Services/RecycleBin.cs
index 12b49b957..f9085c64d 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Services/RecycleBin.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Services/RecycleBin.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using NHibernate;
 using Orchard.Collections;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement;
@@ -26,9 +28,7 @@ namespace Orchard.AuditTrail.Services {
             query.SetFirstResult((page - 1) * pageSize);
             query.SetFetchSize(pageSize);
 
-            var rows = query.List<object>();
-            var versionIds = rows.Cast<object[]>().Select(x => (int)x[0]);
-            var contentItems = _contentManager.GetManyByVersionId<T>(versionIds, QueryHints.Empty);
+            var contentItems = LoadContentItems<T>(query);
             
             return new PageOfItems<T>(contentItems) {
                 PageNumber = page,
@@ -37,23 +37,53 @@ namespace Orchard.AuditTrail.Services {
             };
         }
 
+        public IEnumerable<ContentItem> GetMany(IEnumerable<int> contentItemIds) {
+            return GetMany<ContentItem>(contentItemIds);
+        }
+
+        public IEnumerable<T> GetMany<T>(IEnumerable<int> contentItemIds) where T : class, IContent {
+            var query = GetDeletedVersionsQuery(contentItemIds);
+            return LoadContentItems<T>(query);
+        }
+
         public ContentItem Restore(ContentItem contentItem) {
             var versions = contentItem.Record.Versions.OrderBy(x => x.Number).ToArray();
             var lastVersion = versions.Last();
+
+            if (lastVersion.Latest || lastVersion.Published)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format("Cannot restore content item with ID {0} ftom the recycle bin, since that item is not deleted", contentItem.Id));
+
             return _contentManager.Restore(contentItem, VersionOptions.Restore(lastVersion.Number, publish: false));
         }
 
-        private IQuery GetDeletedVersionsQuery() {
+        private IEnumerable<T> LoadContentItems<T>(IQuery query) where T: class, IContent {
+            var rows = query.List<object>();
+            var versionIds = rows.Cast<object[]>().Select(x => (int)x[0]);
+            return _contentManager.GetManyByVersionId<T>(versionIds, QueryHints.Empty);
+        }
+
+        private IQuery GetDeletedVersionsQuery(IEnumerable<int> contentItemIds = null) {
             var session = _sessionLocator.For(typeof(ContentItemVersionRecord));
 
             // Select only the highest versions where both Published and Latest are false.
-            var query = session.CreateQuery(
+            var select = 
                 "select max(ContentItemVersionRecord.Id), ContentItemVersionRecord.ContentItemRecord.Id, max(ContentItemVersionRecord.Number) " +
                 "from Orchard.ContentManagement.Records.ContentItemVersionRecord ContentItemVersionRecord " +
-                "join ContentItemVersionRecord.ContentItemRecord ContentItemRecord " +
-                "group by ContentItemVersionRecord.ContentItemRecord.Id " +
-                "having max(cast(Latest as Int32)) = 0 and max(cast(Published AS Int32)) = 0 ");
+                "join ContentItemVersionRecord.ContentItemRecord ContentItemRecord ";
 
+            var filter = contentItemIds != null ? "WHERE ContentItemVersionRecord.ContentItemRecord.Id IN (:ids) " : default(String);
+
+            var group = 
+                "group by ContentItemVersionRecord.ContentItemRecord.Id " +
+                "having max(cast(Latest as Int32)) = 0 and max(cast(Published AS Int32)) = 0 ";
+
+            var hql = String.Concat(select, filter, group);
+            var query = session.CreateQuery(hql);
+
+            if (contentItemIds != null) {
+                query.SetParameterList("ids", contentItemIds);
+            }
+            
             return query;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/ViewModels/RecycleBinCommand.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/ViewModels/RecycleBinCommand.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f2406d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/ViewModels/RecycleBinCommand.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace Orchard.AuditTrail.ViewModels {
+    public enum RecycleBinCommand {
+        Restore,
+        Destroy,
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/ViewModels/RecycleBinViewModel.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/ViewModels/RecycleBinViewModel.cs
index c7a03a689..7b643f5b3 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/ViewModels/RecycleBinViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/ViewModels/RecycleBinViewModel.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ using Orchard.ContentManagement;
 
 namespace Orchard.AuditTrail.ViewModels {
     public class RecycleBinViewModel {
+        public RecycleBinViewModel() {
+            SelectedContentItems = new List<int>(0);
+        }
+        public RecycleBinCommand? RecycleBinCommand { get; set; }
+        public IList<int> SelectedContentItems { get; set; }
         public IPageOfItems<ContentItem> ContentItems { get; set; }
         public dynamic Pager { get; set; }
     }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Views/RecycleBin/Index.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Views/RecycleBin/Index.cshtml
index 65428b4db..eab0df710 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Views/RecycleBin/Index.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.AuditTrail/Views/RecycleBin/Index.cshtml
@@ -1,68 +1,77 @@
-@model Orchard.AuditTrail.ViewModels.RecycleBinViewModel
+@using Orchard.AuditTrail.ViewModels
+@model RecycleBinViewModel
 @{
     Style.Include("audittrail-recycle-bin.css");
     Script.Require("ShapesBase");
+    Script.Include(("audittrail-recyclebin.js"));
     Layout.Title = T("Audit Trail");
 
     var contentItems = Model.ContentItems;
 }
-@Html.ValidationSummary()
-@using (Html.BeginFormAntiForgeryPost()) {
-    <section class="recycle-bin-filter-section">
-        <div class="filter-control-group">
-            <label>@T("Actions:")</label>
-            <select name="SelectedItemsAction">
-                <option></option>
-                <option value="Restore">@T("Restore")</option>
-                <option value="Destroy">@T("Destroy Permanently")</option>
-            </select>
-        </div>
-        <div class="filter-control-group">
-            <button type="submit" class="filter-apply-button" value="yes">@T("Apply")</button>
-        </div>
-        <div class="filter-control-group">
-            <label>@T("Sort by:")</label>
-            <select name="RecycleBinSort">
-                <option>@T("Deleted (latest first")</option>
-                <option>@T("Title (alphabetical")</option>
-            </select>
-        </div>
-        <div class="filter-control-group">
-            <button type="submit" class="filter-apply-button" value="yes">@T("Apply")</button>
-        </div>
-    </section>
-    <section class="recycle-bin-list-section">
-        @if (!contentItems.Any()) {
-            <p class="info">@T("There are no records to display.")</p>
-        }
-        else {
-            <table class="items">
-                <thead>
-                    <tr>
-                        <th class="content-checkbox"><input type="checkbox" class="check-all"/></th>
-                        <th class="content-column">@T("Content Item")</th>
-                        <th class="actions-column"></th>
-                    </tr>
-                </thead>
-                <tbody>
-                    @foreach (var contentItem in contentItems) {
-                        var contentDisplayText = Html.ItemDisplayText(contentItem).ToString();
-                        var contentDisplayUrl = Url.Action("Detail", "Content", new {id = contentItem.Id, version = contentItem.Version, area = "Orchard.AuditTrail"});
+<div id="recycle-bin">
+    @Html.ValidationSummary()
+    @using (Html.BeginFormAntiForgeryPost()) {
+        <section class="recycle-bin-filter-section">
+            <div class="filter-control-group">
+                <label>@T("Actions:")</label>
+                <select name="RecycleBinCommand">
+                    <option></option>
+                    <option value="@RecycleBinCommand.Restore" data-unsafe-action="@T("Are you sure you want to restore the selected items?")" @if(Model.RecycleBinCommand == RecycleBinCommand.Restore){<text>selected="selected"</text>}>@T("Restore")</option>
+                    <option value="@RecycleBinCommand.Destroy" data-unsafe-action='["@T("WARNING: This will PERMANENTLY delete the selected content items, including related content part records, never to be seen again. Are you really absolutely sure you want to do this?")", "@T("Are you absolutely sure? You will not be able to restore permanenly deleted items. You should seriously consider making a DB backup first. This is your last chance to back out my friend. Are you sure you wish to proceed?")"]' @if (Model.RecycleBinCommand == RecycleBinCommand.Destroy) { <text> selected="selected" </text>  }>@T("Remove Permanently ☠")</option>
+                </select>
+            </div>
+            <div class="filter-control-group">
+                <button type="submit" class="filter-apply-button" name="ExecuteActionButton" value="ExecuteActionButton">@T("Execute")</button>
+            </div>
+            <div class="filter-control-group">
+                <label>@T("Sort by:")</label>
+                <select name="RecycleBinSort">
+                    <option>@T("Deleted (latest first")</option>
+                    <option>@T("Title (alphabetical")</option>
+                </select>
+            </div>
+            <div class="filter-control-group">
+                <button type="submit" class="filter-apply-button" value="yes">@T("Apply")</button>
+            </div>
+        </section>
+        <section class="recycle-bin-list-section">
+            @if (!contentItems.Any()) {
+                <p class="info">@T("There are no records to display.")</p>
+            }
+            else {
+                <table class="items">
+                    <thead>
                         <tr>
-                            <td><input type="checkbox"/></td>
-                            <td class="content-column"><a href="@contentDisplayUrl">@contentDisplayText</a></td>
-                            <td class="actions-column">
-                                <a href="@contentDisplayUrl">@T("View")</a> @T(" | ")
-                                @Html.ActionLink(T("View Audit Trail").Text, "Index", "Admin", new {content = contentItem.Id, area = "Orchard.AuditTrail"}, null) @T(" | ")
-                                <a href="@Url.Action("Restore", "RecycleBin", new {id = contentItem.Id, area = "Orchard.AuditTrail"})" data-unsafe-url="@T("Are you sure you want to restore this item?")">@T("Restore")</a>
-                            </td>
+                            <th class="content-checkbox"><input type="checkbox" class="check-all" /></th>
+                            <th class="content-column">@T("Content Item")</th>
+                            <th class="actions-column"></th>
                         </tr>
-                    }
-                </tbody>
-            </table>
-        }
-    </section>
-    <section class="pager">
-        @Display(Model.Pager)
-    </section>
-}
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+                    </thead>
+                    <tbody>
+                        @{
+                            var index = 0;
+                            foreach (var contentItem in contentItems) {
+                                var isSelected = Model.SelectedContentItems.Contains(contentItem.Id);
+                                var contentDisplayText = Html.ItemDisplayText(contentItem).ToString();
+                                var contentDisplayUrl = Url.Action("Detail", "Content", new {id = contentItem.Id, version = contentItem.Version, area = "Orchard.AuditTrail"});
+                                <tr>
+                                    <td><input type="checkbox" name="SelectedContentItems[@index]" value="@contentItem.Id" @if(isSelected){<text>checked="checked"</text>} /></td>
+                                    <td class="content-column"><a href="@contentDisplayUrl">@contentDisplayText</a></td>
+                                    <td class="actions-column">
+                                        <a href="@contentDisplayUrl">@T("View")</a> @T(" | ")
+                                        @Html.ActionLink(T("View Audit Trail").Text, "Index", "Admin", new {content = contentItem.Id, area = "Orchard.AuditTrail"}, null) @T(" | ")
+                                        <a href="@Url.Action("Restore", "RecycleBin", new {id = contentItem.Id, area = "Orchard.AuditTrail"})" data-unsafe-url="@T("Are you sure you want to restore this item?")">@T("Restore")</a>
+                                    </td>
+                                </tr>
+                                index++;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    </tbody>
+                </table>
+            }
+        </section>
+        <section class="pager">
+            @Display(Model.Pager)
+        </section>
+    }
+</div>
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