Save the Chinese Tigers charity couple at war over assets after marriage breakdown Chinese conservationist Li Quan divorcing American banker Stuart Bray She claims they abused cash given to 'Save the Chinese Tigers' charity Donated money allegedly went on 'expensive dinners' and 'expensive wine' Mr Bray, who denied the allegations, is due to give evidence A couple who set up a charity aimed at saving Chinese tigers are embroiled in a multi-million pound divorce battle amid claims that donated money was used to fund their own luxurious lifestyle. Chinese conservationist Li Quan says money put into the Save China's Tigers charity - which counts actor Jackie Chan as an 'ambassador' - was used to fund her and her husband Stuart Bray's personal lives. She told the High Court that Mr Bray, an American Banker, put money acquired during their relationship into a trust to which he had access via a 'back door'. She says around £50 million worth of assets are at stake. Divorce battle: Li Quan said money put into the Save China's Tigers charity was used to fund her and her husband Stuart Bray's personal lives Mr Bray - who has yet to give evidence at a trial at the High Court in London - denies the allegations. The couple are both in their 50s. Evidence is being given at a private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court but judge Mr Justice Coleridge has given permission for journalists to cover the case. Ms Li today told Mr Justice Coleridge that the charity had funded their personal expenditure. 'We were using the money to fund our personal things,' she said. We had expensive dinners. We had expensive wine. She said Mr Bray had told her 'repeatedly over the years' not to make a distinction between the 'charities, the trust and the companies' because they are 'one and the same'. 'That is what he told me all the time,' she said. I did not regard it as fraud because my husband told me it was one and the same. I am not a financial person. I am not an accountant. She added: 'I asked him at the time, "do you do anything illegal?" He said, "no." Ms Li said her husband 'had me removed' from the board of Save China's Tigers. And she told the judge: 'I had no power.' Ms Li is represented by law firm Vardags. A blog on the firm's website refers to the case's 'financial complexities'. Lawyers say she is alleging that Mr Bray had £50 million worth of assets and set up a trust with a 'front door' and a 'back door' though which he could get money out. Mr Bray today told reporters that he would outline his case when he gave evidence. Save China's Tigers website says it is 'one of the most dynamic conservation organisations' in the world and has links to China, the UK, South Africa and the United States. The website says few, if any, Chinese tigers exist in the wild. It says Ms Li and Mr Bray set up the charity in 2000 and that the organisation initiated and helped fund a survey of the wild South China tiger. In 2002, Mr Bray acquired 33,000 hectares of land in South Africa for a 'rewilding program', says the website. The following year two Chinese tiger cubs - Cathay and Hope - travelled to South Africa for 'rewilding training'. And in 2004 two more cubs - TigerWoods and Madonna - left China for Laohu Valley Reserve, says the website. By 2011 the number of South China tigers at Laohu Valley had risen to 12, it adds.