IPhone Photo Library "Ghost" Space

My iPhone shows 2.3 GB of data in my photo library but I just cleaned out all my photos? I already synced to iTunes and rebooted the device. I have updated to iOS8.

Further to this post I noticed that although I cannot see any photos in the iPhone app, the iTunes summary still showed 4+GB photos and the ever growing (by now about 7+GB) Other files (still showing 8.1GB in the Settings>Usage for photos only leaving 2+GB free on the phone). After numerous resets and sync of the iPhone, finally got to 6.2GB free space, iTunes showing 0 for photos, but iPhone Settings>Usage still showing 4+GB for photos (was the original size of photos on my iPhone). It appears due to some file corruption the original photo library is still on the phone but inaccessible to iTunes and the iPhone Photos app.

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