Can't empty the trash of iphoto

Tried many times but it just didn't work out. Part of the report is given below -
Process:         iPhoto [479]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         9.2.1 (9.2.1)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-628000000000000~1
App Item ID:     408981381
App External ID: 4641130
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [270]
Date/Time:       2012-02-09 19:36:28.348 +0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          93869 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           3
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 92448 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   2
Anonymous UUID:                      500F2944-AF11-418A-B48D-70DB3A7EF04F
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
Performing @selector(buttonPressed:) from sender NSButton 0x2dedcc60
objc[479]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b494b2 CFBasicHashCreate + 130
1   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b49407 __CFDictionaryCreateGeneric + 1335
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b48e82 CFDictionaryCreateMutable + 66
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94bb6776 -[__NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithCapacity:] + 246
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94bb98f8 -[__NSPlaceholderDictionary init] + 88
5   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b8a534 +[NSObject new] + 52
6   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94c81d10 __raiseError + 112
7   libobjc.A.dylib                         0x94241149 objc_exception_throw + 155
8   com.apple.Foundation                    0x974f7bad _NSOutOfMemoryErrorHandler + 75
9   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b44e09 __CFStringChangeSizeMultiple + 2089
10 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b44491 __CFStringAppendBytes + 961
11 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b43b83 __CFStringAppendFormatCore + 12435
12 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b4873e CFStringCreateWithFormat + 110
13 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b89219 +[NSObject allocWithZone:] + 89
14 com.apple.iLifeSQLAccess                0x0185a55d -[HgRidArray copyWithZone:] + 45
15 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b8c289 -[NSObject copy] + 41
16 com.apple.iLifeSQLAccess                0x01869bc0 -[HgRidList copyWithZone:] + 272
17 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x94b8c289 -[NSObject copy] + 41
18 com.apple.RedRock                       0x01db2e5a -[RKAlbum versionCountAsNumber] + 474

How many photos do you have? 62k is a lot of pics to get rid of. Did you import one Library to another? If so be sure that you're not trashing full size files and keeping the useless thumbnails. Really you need to be very sure of what you're doing right now. I have no idea how someone gets 62k of photos in their trash without knowing how.
The easiest and least destructive way to do this is to create a new Library and use iPhoto Library Manager
to move the material you want to keep to the new Library. This will preserve all the work you've done, metadata, edits etc. Library Manager is a $20 purchase and worth it.
Regards
TD

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