Hundreds of thousands of books were destroyed back in the 80's.
I think we're underestimating that number a bit. When one takes into account that there are roughly 120,000 congregations worldwide & this directive to destroy literature is being given to each & every congregation that has unplaced stock inventory...if each congregation conservatively discards/trashes just 25 books ...that alone amounts to 3,000,000 individual books...not to mention tracts, brochures, video cassettes & the like.
That is one hell of a lot of 'Truth' going down the toilet...so to speak...seriously! :) :) :)