Removing dropped items on the ground after days of playing ?

[dull escarp]

we have been dropping items from the ground that we don't use anymore it's been days, and restarting the server doesn't remove them, is there another option to remove them without wiping the server ?

[bleak nebula]

items that you drop withn the bofire range do not disappear
htere is also a bug that can lead to some items outside of the bonfire range not to disappear

[dull escarp]

but is there a way for it to disappear to make the game smoother ?

[dull escarp]

in theory if we removed the bonfire around the area will it disappear ?