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^^^ No, but the makers of this serial are could participate in the quiz show Gyan Guru and display their brilliance there. After all, they are the ones who had the ingenious idea of Balarama doing a Shiv puja when the Ganesh puja didn't work out as planned, Krishna offering a feather from his crown to the Ganesh murti while he was en route to rescue Rukmini (not to mention his not removing his shoes while going to greet Ganesh), his giving his Vaishnava roop to all and sundry who wanted it, and so on.
On a more serious note, no, Krishna idols were not worshipped during his lifetime. While Krishna knew about his own divinity, only a few people other than him knew about it, and that too, at different times, not from the beginning. Kunti, for instance, knew about it only after he saved Parikshit, Sudama I don't think ever knew about it, nor did Krishna's kinsmen. Arjun himself may have known about it either after the Gita got delivered and Krishna displayed his vishal roop, or he may have known about it during their adventures when Krishna took him to Vaishnav dham to bring back the Brahman's 11 or so children. The Kauravas may have known about it when he displayed his virat roop to them, although Bheeshma may have known about it earlier.
But otherwise, it's somewhat strange to think that Krishna's divinity was known, for instance, by the common citizens of Karusa, Kashi, etc, but not by his enemies, such as Paundrak, Jarasandha, Sishupala, Shalva, Dantavatra, et al.
P.S. I normally don't nitpick over spellings, but when you write 'idle', it means 'not doing anything', which ain't the meaning in this case. What you meant was idol, which means statue, or image
