A 36-year-old woman was charged with a $10,000-worth damage to an artwork produced by Clyfford Still, a late abstract expressionist artist, whose work originally cost $30 million according to the authorities on Wednesday.

Police reports showed that Carmen Tisch, hit and scraped the 1957-J no.2 oil-on-canvas painting at the Clyfford Still museum, which was newly opened in Denver. A police officer said she dragged her pants down to glide her buttocks on it.

Tisch was accused of criminal act misbehavior Wednesday. Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman from the Denver District Attorney's Office, said that Tisch has been detained with a $20,000 worth bond because of the unpleasant incident that happened late in December.

Kimbrough added that Tisch urinated after sliding against the painting. Authorities, however, are still on the process of investigating whether it was really urine that got on the canvas.

Still, the artist who created the valuable painting, was born in North Dakota in 1904. Still became one of the many influential abstract expressionist artists who came up after the American World War II. The artist was not very famous, but Still left a powerful impression in the art world with his works still celebrated up to this day.

Still passed away in 1980 and since then, officials in Denver supported his widowed wife, Patricia, for long years to restore and keep his single-artist museum safe. His wife died in 2005 and so Still's collection of art was handed over to the city.

Last year, a public sale by Sotheby was held wherein four of Still's masterpieces were included. His works gained $114 million, which will be donated to the Denver museum that opened with more displays in November.

Since Still strictly protected his art, many of his works kept at his wonderful namesake museum had not formerly been shown.

Kimbrough said Tisch will be officially advised regarding her allegations on Friday.