Why won't my iPhone restore from back-up, error message saying latest back up corrupted?

Hi all
I was updating my iPhone 4Gs software today and came across an issue when the update finished my phone switched off and anyway it came back on and is showing up as black iPhone 5 on my itunes (It's a white iPhone 4S) which I find odd.
Also, I had my iPhone plugged into my mac a while before I updated the software, meaning my phone was fully backed up.
When the phone decided to turn off and turn back on, a restore message came on the screen and I tried to restore from latest back up (which was today) but It didn't let me - an error message came up saying that the latest back up was corrupt
Please can you help me- can I restore my phone from todays back up somehow??
Thanks in advance

Hi !!
Mine got same problem too !
After finished updated to 6.1, Restore failed !!!
it said corrupted backup
Tried older backup file from Time Machines but still failed
I guess this is a BUG from iOS 6.1
PLS HELP

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