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simplify not working correctly with conjugate?

In my notebook environment when I do this :

var('v','a')
t=(I*a/2)*(v-conjugate(v))
(t**3).expand()

It gives me the correct result. However when I do :

(t**3).expand().simplify()

The answer I get is zero. Is this a bug, or is there something I don't understand about the simplify function? Additionally: Is there another, better way to simplify expressions with many conjugates?