IOS 8 Hidden Photo Data

Okay, I'm running iOS 8.1.3 on my iPhone 6 and trying to clean off space. I have cleared off ALL of the pictures in the photo app, even in the deleted pictures folder. However, for some reason iTunes and the Settings app say I have 1.1GB of space taken up by Photos and Camera. What's actually taking up that space and how can I get rid of it?

I Had this problem as well and the photo it was displaying was an inappropriate one I wouldn't want anyone to see so it was a big deal for me to fix this. I didn't have this photo in my camera roll or in any of my folders but I DID find it in my collections screen under the Photo app. Once I deleted it from collections it disappeared and displayed the most recent photo that is in my camera roll. If you want to keep you picture share it someone private and delete the old copy and save the new one and see if it lets you keep the photo without having the thumbnail issue.
hope this works for you.

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