iTunes says I have more photos than I really do

I have a 5th generation, 16GB iPod Touch that has iOS 8.1.0. I have a fairly recent version of iTunes.

I recently deleted over 1000 photos off my iPod and also deleted them out of the Recently Deleted section. (Note: I also have the photo streaming thing turned off.) When I plug my iPod into my computer, it still says that I have over 2000 pictures that are taking up 4GB of space on my iPod!

I have found the solution to the problem.

Quoting the solution from txforever from Apple forum.

Im not sure why is this happening, but i just know how to get rid of the prob.

It has something to do with the Recently Deleted folder in the iPhone.

You need to change the date of the phone to earlier mayb a year earlier as in 2014. Then go into your Photos>Recently Deleted folders to clear all the photo manually.

Note, when you go into photo, the Recently Folder might show 0, but if you go into it, there is actually photo in it.

HAHA!! I figured it out! You have an album titled "Recently Deleted." Once you delete a photo or video, it is saved here for up to 40 days (usually 30). On your device, go to Photos--->Albums--->Recently Deleted. Then, tap "select," select each photo (annoying...), tap "Delete" and confirm. Done! http://help.apple.com/icloud/?lang=en-us#/mm6aa648d5aa

I had the same problem, but my cause was a little different. Sometimes 3rd party apps store photos on the phone without your knowledge. My culprit was the flickr app. Check the photo settings on your apps. For example, for Flickr: Settings / Privacy / Photos / Flickr

So, I turned it off and back on and the problem was instantly fixed. Yeah!

Apple, a little more detail on what is taking up space would help a lot!