IPhoto '11 deleting photos after rotating

I've set up my iMac running Lion with a shared iPhoto library on a disk image as described by Apple so that both my wife and I can access and edit our photos (we have seperate user accounts) When logged in under her user when you rotate a photo it deletes the photo from the library, including from the originals, modified and master folders although the info for the photo is still displayed. It works as you'd expect in my user account although any photos rotated under her account are still deleted in my user account. It does this whether my user account is logged in or not. Is this a result of sharing the library on a disk image or is it the way the disc image is set up (set up in start up items)? Any ideas as we've already lost some important photos!

Sounds like very significant database corruption to me.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

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