This is true. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s work there is technically no “canon” version of Bilbo’s adventures. The Hobbit book is canonically a very biased account of events since it was written by Bilbo himself. Some of what he wrote was exaggerated, and some was flat out lies:

Here is the link to the original version vs. revised version of The Hobbit chapter 5:

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