My (empty!) photo library is using 2,6 GB of space

Earlier, on iOS 5, I synced my whole iPhoto-library from my Macbook to my iPhone 4 (32 GB). It was about 14.000 pictures, and used up almost 16 GB of space on my phone.
After the upgrade to IOS 6, my pictures got messed up. All my Events and Albums were gone, but every single picture was still on the device.
I connected the iPhone to iTunes, told it to NOT sync pictures (and delete those on the device). And ran it.
After that, I turned off Photo Stream on my iPhone.
And at last, I manually deleted those few pictures which was left on the phone.
I now confirm that its completly empty. Not a single picture left on the phone.
I have also rebooted a couple of times.
But still, my Photo Library uses about 2,6 GB of space on my phone! (According to whats shown in Settings -> General -> Use -> Pictures and Camera)
Its broken down to this:
Cameraroll : 0 byte
Photo Library : 2,6 GB
Photo Stream: 5,0 kB
(Sorry if not all menu items are written correctly - I use a different language than english)
So, whats using 2,6 GB on my phone? And how do I free that space?!?

Hello violetsareblue,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To help resolve this issue where your iPhone is showing storage space being taken up by photos that do not exist, I'd like you to please follow the directions below to reinstall iOS on your iPhone.
Make sure that you have iTunes 12 or later on your computer.
Put your device in recovery mode.
When you get the option to restore or update, select Update. This will reinstall iOS without erasing your data.
If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch doesn't respond or doesn't turn on - Apple Support
Have a good one,
Alex H.

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