London ( CNN ) -- Now you see it , now you do n't . New street art by famously anonymous graffiti artist Banksy has been removed from a wall just hours after it was tracked down to a street in the British city of Bristol . The artwork , called `` Mobile Lovers , '' shows a couple checking their cell phones while in mid-embrace . Members of the Broad Plain Boys youth center used a crowbar to remove it just hours after it was discovered , local media pictures showed . In its place , the youth center posted a note saying it was held at the club `` to prevent vandalism or damage being done . '' A spokeswoman for the club told CNN the youth center had no plans for the stencil work for now . She said fans are welcome to view it , but they would be asked for a voluntary donation to club to help with the youth center 's upkeep . As the celebrated artist sent his fans out on a treasure hunt , one devotee said she found the piece using Flickr and Google Street View . `` I was so excited , I popped down there and took a couple of photos ... but did n't tweet them because it 's only held on with screws and I was worried the first person to go there would be a thief , '' Banksy fan Sally was quoted as saying by Britain 's BBC . Bristol is where Banksy 's art first appeared more than 20 years ago . Is it a Banksy ? UK street art image appears to show spies at work . Secret agents . On Monday , Bristol Mayor George Ferguson welcomed the appearance of the image . `` It 's good to see another witty Banksy raid on his home city -- respectfully painted in a blocked up doorway , '' he said . `` I hope it will be respected and protected as we would want for any other legitimate work of street art . '' The discovery of the new artwork came after another piece , believed to be a Banksy , was found in the provincial English spa town of Cheltenham , in Gloucestershire . Clad in brown trench coats , dark glasses and trilby hats , what appear to be three secret agents huddle around a payphone box with listening equipment . The image -- apparently a comment on the issue of government surveillance -- appeared early Sunday , local media said , on a house wall . The location may be a reference to the town 's role as host to Britain 's Government Communications Headquarters , known as GCHQ -- the UK equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency . Banksy 's last high-profile project was a month-long street art `` residency '' in New York City . Each day of October , Banksy unveiled new works of art around New York . The works were then announced on his website and posted to Instagram . Many of the surprise exhibits followed his signature street-art style : stencils spray-painted on streets , walls of buildings and under bridges . INTERACTIVE : Banksy takes over NYC . Editors ' Note : This article has been edited to remove plagiarized content after CNN discovered multiple instances of plagiarism by Marie-Louise Gumuchian , a former CNN news editor . CNN 's Laura Smith-Spark contributed to this report .
Banksy artwork appears on UK city street but is soon taken down . A youth center says it took the piece down to `` prevent vandalism '' The street art shows a couple embracing while checking their mobile phones . A mural showing secret agents , believed to be a Banksy , also discovered this weekend .