An eccentric billionaire, a feng shui master and her will

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A Hong Kong jury finds the lover of late billionaire tycoon Nina Wang guilty of forging a will that named him the sole beneficiary of her estimated US$4 billion estate.

The former lover and feng shui master to one of Asia's wealthiest women has been found guilty of forging a will that named him as the sole beneficiary of her multibillion-dollar estate in a case that has transfixed Hong Kong.

Peter Chan, 53, is facing a possible jail sentence after a jury convicted him of forging the will of the late eccentric billionaire widow Nina Wang, whose death from cancer in 2007 sparked an inheritance battle over her vast estate.

Chan supplied a video to the court showing Ms Wang and himself locking lips and of him running his hands over her body

The long-running case has been one of Hong Kong's most colourful and high-profile legal sagas, in which the court heard detailed descriptions of adultery, bizarre rituals associated with feng shui and the physical relationship between Chan and Ms Wang, who was 23 years his senior.

Behind bars: Peter Chan sits in a prison van as he leaves court. Photo: Reuters

Chan claimed that Ms Wang left him $US4 billion ($4.4 billion) through a 2006 will, in part because they had been lovers for 15 years.

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But after more than 20 hours of deliberations, the jury voted six to two in the High Court in Hong Kong to convict Chan, formerly known as Tony Chan, on a charge of forgery and using a false instrument. He faces a maximum jail term of 14 years for each offence.

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An eccentric billionaire, a feng shui master and her will