I saw a similar problem in a previous topic, but it wasn't quite the same.
When I create an 'image_advanced' field within a group, then save it, then add a new group, the 'image_advanced' field gets copied over. The images can be deleted and saved without problems. But they only appear again on a newly added group.
$meta_boxes[] = array(
'id' => 'example_metabox',
'title' => 'Example',
'post_types' => array('page'),
'context' => 'advanced',
'priority' => 'high',
'autosave' => 'false',
'fields' => array(
array(
'id' => '_images_example',
'type' => 'group',
'default_state' => 'expanded',
'collapsible' => true,
'save_state' => true,
'clone' => true,
'sort_clone' => true,
'fields' => array(
array(
'id' => '_images',
'type' => 'image_advanced',
'name' => 'Images',
),
),
),
),
);