du -sh /media/dz/5540d70d-f601-4d1a-a241-80e02ce439f3
1.4T /media/dz/5540d70d-f601-4d1a-a241-80e02ce439f3
What does the following command show? i.e. remove the -s summary flag.
du -h /media/dz
If there was a hidden .Trash directory, this would show it. Seems unlikely however if you used rm to remove the files.