Why does my iphone say I have more photos when it is not true?

I'm having the same issue. not only is iTunes saying that I have 2.06 GB used and 72 photos but my iPhone as well. When I go to usage and go to photos camera it says Photo Library has 2.0 GB. In reality I only have 36 pictures. I already disabled the photo stream and iCloud and even restored my iPhone to a computer backup and its still showing the same. Please help anyone.

I am also having this issue. iTunes is showing 440 photos and 3.44gb worth on my iPhone, and my iPhone is displaying 3.44gb worth of images too. However, in actuality there are only 304 photos in total on the device. I am on 8.1.1 and have disabled photo stream and iCloud.

I managed to get rid of the phantom usage. Restoring iPhone and resetting the phone settings/data do not work for me.

I had to move the Date on my phone earlier by 1,2,3 months and found the phantom photos in the Recently Deleted Folder. Next, I deleted the photos manually from the Recently Deleted Folder and the usage got freed up from my iPhone.

Hope this works for you

Setting my date back worked! There were a ton of photos in my recently deleted folder. Finally, I have space. Thanks for the tip!

I'm having this problem too. iTunes says i have 475 photos and no space. but in desperation Ive deleted all of them. How do i set my date back and where do i find this recently deleted folder???

To set your date back:

Go to Settings

General

Date & Time
Turn off where it says "Set Automatically"

The date will appear and if you select it you can manually change the date. I set mine back a year just to be sure I went back far enough.

Then go to Photos

Albums

There should be a "Recently Deleted" folder

Go in there and delete all and that will free up your space.

Don't forget to switch your date back to "Set Automatically" when you are done deleting the old photos.

worked like a charm. thanks!