One of Brisbane's most well-known examples of street art, which has seen an Eagle Street building colloquially known as the "Hopoate building", has disappeared.

The well-known sculpture of an up-pointed finger outside 175 Eagle Street, near Customs House, was vandalised over the Christmas period and has been sent off for repairs.

The well-known sculpture on Eagle Street before it was removed. Credit:journeyjottings.com

However, while it will be repaired and returned in the short-term, it may not be a permanent Eagle Street feature in the future.

One half of Sebastian Di Mauro's sculpture Chat, but better known as the "Hopoate Finger", was vandalised just before Christmas.