Man charged in Rothko painting defacement October 9, 2012 -- Updated 1850 GMT (0250 HKT) Wlodzimierz Umaniec will appear in court Wednesday charged with criminal damage A man defaced one of famed artist Rothko's Seagram murals on Sunday The painting was hanging in London's Tate Modern museum London (CNN) -- UK police charged a Polish man Tuesday in connection with the defacement over the weekend of a painting by famed artist Mark Rothko at a London museum. Wlodzimierz Umaniec, 26, will appear in a south London court Wednesday on one count of criminal damage in excess of £5,000 (about $8,000), London's Metropolitan Police said. The suspect, a Polish national who is also known as Vladimir Umanets, has no fixed address, police said. He was arrested late Monday in Worthing, on England's south coast. The alarm was raised and the museum was briefly evacuated. CNN's Susannah Palk contributed to this report.