It is fairly easy to farm gold with end game daily and weekly quests and so many are in Isle of Night currently, I won't assume they are all bots but...
Cinco is going to get a laugh out of this thread. For the 9millionth time, I do not work for sts or do anything associated with them other than play...
Not a bug and not something I would ever recommend spending plat on to get. I spent 2 weeks unslotting 4 items at a time each day and reslotting them...