UPDATE 15/02/2019: To the surprise of pretty much everyone, Bethesda’s latest maintenance patch seems to have successfully removed many of the game’s illicit items.
The “dupocalypse” – as some players have termed it – purged hundreds of duped items from player inventories. Bethesda says the patch targeted “400 weapon and armour items” that were identified as “common duplication targets”.
While it’s the toughest action on duping yet taken, Bethesda has been careful not to go full nuclear.