Erasing Deleted Photos taking long

Hello,

I was trying to clear my photos library on my Macbook Pro and I was trying to delete all of the photos in the recently deleted section. However, it's been saying "Erasing Deleted Photos" for a while now. I think it has to do with me having 12,000 photos in the recently deleted section. How long does this usually take? I had to force quit Photos a couple of times but I'm still having this issue where its been stuck on Erasing Deleted Photos.

Thanks!