Throughout history, termites have caused huge economic losses to human society, as well as to wooden cultural heritage objects, especially to those wooden relics that cannot be moved. This article reviews recent methods and treatments related to termite damage and its treatment. A strategy using insect growth regulators (IGRs) as bait is the most efficient and the most environmentally friendly one of the methods reviewed. The method employees a monitor, kill and remonitor system and results in the least damage to the relics. Some other methods provide new approaches to eliminate termites. These methods include using pathogenic parasites, microbes and virus to infect termites or using plants and their extractions for treatment.