IPhoto 11 showing the same photo everywhere

I am using iPhoto '11 9.2.1 on a MAC osX 10.7.2 and when I load iphoto every photo it shows is the same photo, however, the labels underneath are correct and if I double click it, it opens the right photo- its just the thumbnail that is broken.
This happened shortly after I upgraded to Lion and any photos I add now are correct- so its only impacting ones that added pre-lion.
Thanks
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